WILBY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING

Registered charity 1173610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Venture RDA - The Riding for the Disabled Association incorporating carriage driving, WILBY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED TRUST

To provide disabled children with the opportunity to ride so as to benefit their health and wellbeing

Objects

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

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

Causes: Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £129,347, but free unrestricted reserves were only £30,049, covering approximately 11 months of cash running costs. This is below the trustees' stated policy target of holding reserves for a minimum of 12 months. The trustees note that ongoing costs are expected to rise, placing additional pressure on free reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLAIRE STUART-HIVESchair
• JD Hives
• Karen Mackaness
• Karen Vessey
• Kevin Hives
• Krassy Bell
• Sarah Hedgecock
• Wendy Spillane

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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