BROADLANDS GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1170398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide regular therapeutic horse riding, carriage driving and equine therapy experiences for children and adults with disabilities, to benefit their health and well- being. We are committed as a charity to providing all our participants with an experience that will enable them to achieve goals set by themselves and/or by our team of dedicated coaches and volunteers.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 ("THE ASSOCIATION") BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE ALTON AREA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is an Independent Examiner's Report template and does not contain financial data, reserves, or operational details necessary to assess financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Broadlands Group RDA (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Alton Town Council — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Hiscox Foundation — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Hampshire County Council — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• RDA National Southern Region — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Lottery Awards for All — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• CLA Charitable Trust — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Winchester City Council — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• New Alresford Town Council — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Bruce Wake Trust — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Medstead Parish Council — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Wessex Community Bank — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Edward Gostling Foundation — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• East Hants District Council — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• Masonic Charitable Foundation — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)
• The Pets Foundation — “OUR SUPPORTERS We are lucky to gain support from some wonderful local organisations. Alton Town Council | Hiscox Foundation | Hampshire Coun…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD BENTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Jane Cox
• Anne MARIE Tomlinson
• Anthony John Williams
• Debbie Cavalier
• Emma Mallory
• Emma Trotter
• Kim Ottridge

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION.

• DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £155k
• EPSOM RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £119k
• LEYBOURNE GRANGE RIDING CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED income £288k
• MARGARET HAES RIDING CENTRE LTD income £232k
• THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
• Reach Equine and Outdoor Therapy income £245k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.