HELEN ATKIN GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1182183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELEN ATKIN RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION

The provision to disabled children and adults, of instruction and practice in horse riding and carriage driving

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 TO CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE NORTH DERBYSHIRE 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £15,000, which is below the stated policy target of approximately six months of operating costs. The charity reported a net receipt surplus for the year, with cash at bank increasing to £44,765, though the trustees identify the main financial risk as the loss of funding and reduced donations.

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 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Staples
• Deborah Ward
• JANETTE SYKES
• JULIE ANN ANDREW
• Jessica Limb
• Joanna Taylor
• Niamh Simmons
• PAMELA ELIZABETH PRIOR
• PATRICIA WINIFRED ATKIN
• jan frost

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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