WYLYE VALLEY DISABLED CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1171356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of disabled, ill or disadvantaged children by assisting in the provision of facilities for riding and other activities, in particular, but not exclusively by providing an annual riding camp to benefit their health and well-being.The camp is held in Wiltshire and the charity normally looks for children within the local area of operation to join the camp or otherwise support.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED, ILL OR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RIDING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL RIDING CAMP TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

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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Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£24k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial balance remained solid at £51,613.61 at the end of the year. Per the trustees' report, these reserves provide a cushion sufficient to hold the next two years' worth of events without further income. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: donations and fundraising events

“The charity’s principal source of funding comes from donations and fundraising events” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to hold the next two years’ worth of events (reserves figure: £52k)

“A reserves policy is in place to ensure that should fundraising be insufficient from the previous year to cover the cost of the subsequent year the event can still be held. To date the charity has sufficient reserves to hold the next two years’ worth of events.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

TERESA JOAN FOXchair
ANN DENISE IRVINE
Brendan Neil Smith
Carolyn Phyllis Wendy Graham
JOHN NEIL WYETH · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul David Butcher

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£24k	£27k
31/12/2024	£25k	£23k
31/12/2023	£29k	£27k
31/12/2022	£11k	£22k
31/12/2021	£8k	£11k

Common questions

Is WYLYE VALLEY DISABLED CHILDREN'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial balance remained solid at £51,613.61 at the end of the year. Per the trustees' report, these reserves provide a cushion sufficient to hold the next two years' worth of events without further income. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WYLYE VALLEY DISABLED CHILDREN'S CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WYLYE VALLEY DISABLED CHILDREN'S CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE GORDON GRAY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	FY2025	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION	1	£154k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£28k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£8k
THE CADBURY FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	1	£5k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILBY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING.

WILBY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £54k
ERME VALLEY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED LTD income £139k
WOODLARKS CAMP SITE TRUST income £225k
THE ALKHAM VALLEY COMMUNITY PROJECT AND THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTRE income £213k
HESWALL DISABLED CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY FUND income £108k
WYFOLD GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED income £139k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WYLYE VALLEY DISABLED CHILDREN'S CHARITY	£24k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WILBY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ERME VALLEY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED LTD FY2025	£139k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WOODLARKS CAMP SITE TRUST FY2025	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALKHAM VALLEY COMMUNITY PROJECT AND THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTRE FY2025	£213k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HESWALL DISABLED CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY FUND FY2025	£108k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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