DOVECOTE FARM RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING

Registered charity 1177676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOVECOTE FARM GROUP, DOVECOTE FARM RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION

People with disabilities are given the opportunity to ride horses or ponies 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 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AREA.

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

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £38,527.22 at the end of the period, which is in excess of its stated policy target of £4,000. This excess was primarily due to a one-off legacy of £50,000, while total income for the year was £56,445.31 against expenditure of £21,872.26.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON JANE PARNHAM
• Alexandra Jane Fogg
• HEATHER GUNN
• Jane Emma Clayton
• Janet Elizabeth Watson
• Michael John Muscott

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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