CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS

Registered charity 212644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PONY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED TRUST, PONY RIDING TRUST FOR THE DISABLED

The provision of horse and pony riding to people with special needs

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Animals · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£557k
Latest spending
£346k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £3,069,997, supported by a net income of £210,459. The charity holds significant investments valued at £2,228,617 to provide regular income streams. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chigwell Riding Trust For Special Needs (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£557k
Total spending
£346k
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£557k£346k
31/03/2024£241k£344k
31/03/2023£245k£335k
31/03/2022£373k£322k
31/03/2021£218k£285k

Common questions

Is CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £3,069,997, supported by a net income of £210,459. The charity holds significant investments valued at £2,228,617 to provide regular income streams. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 NEWHAM RIDING SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHIGWELL RIDING TRUST FOR SPECIAL NEEDS£557k0unclearno doubt
NEWHAM RIDING SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£538k0unclearno doubt
THE DIAMOND CENTRE FOR DISABLED RIDERS FY2025£578k0no_policy28.6%no doubt
THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED FY2025£681k0unclearno doubt
MARGARET HAES RIDING CENTRE LTD FY2025£232k0unclearno doubt
CONQUEST CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£777k0unclearno doubt

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