RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING

Registered charity 244108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R D A, RDA, RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC039473 (OSCR)

RDA is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities, through the provision of opportunities for riding and/or carriage driving by 500 Member Groups, the charity enables people to improve their health and wellbeing, or to achieve their goals by riding and carriage driving. The National body promotes, supports and advises member Groups

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £822,070 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant legacies. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,693,445, which the trustees note represents approximately 6.65 months of expenditure, meeting their policy target of 6-12 months. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Riding for the Disabled incorporating carriage driving (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hasluck Charitable Trust — “Supporters Hasluck Charitable Trust” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helena Vega Lozanochair
• Barbara Jane Manson
• Elaine Susan Orton OBE
• Kelly Barnes
• LINDSAY HARTING CORREA
• Paul Maynard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Vaughan-Johns
• Rosie Scott-Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon William Bragg

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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 EAST LIVERPOOL RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING.

• EAST LIVERPOOL RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £116k
• EPSOM RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING income £119k
• DIGSWELL PLACE GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £155k
• WILTON RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £165k
• THE R.D.A. CENTRE IN CLEVELAND LIMITED income £320k
• REGIONAL DRIVING ASSESSMENT CENTRE income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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