Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CLWYD SPECIAL RIDING CENTRE LIMITED

Provision of riding, carriage driving, equestrian vaulting and residential holidays for people with special needs
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£302£315£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£206£220£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£272£285£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£350£369£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£322£368£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£216£385£-169n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£299£350£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£291£282£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£267£258£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£240£235£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£211£246£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£241£261£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£266£264£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£306£272£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08*£289£257£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07*£220£171£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.clwydspecialridingcentre.org.uk

info@clwydspecialridingcentre.org.uk

01352770446

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Amusement and recreation services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Wrexham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Westminster Foundation£10,000
Masonic Trust£7,500
Steve Morgan Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Westminster Foundation - ADWC grant - Clwyd Special Riding Centre - 19/10/2023
£10,000 19/10/2023
12
CLWYD SPECIAL RIDING CENTRE-
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Clwyd Special Riding Centre
£5,000 15/06/2023
Trustee discretionary donation
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000 28/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 05/06/2020
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Project CELT (Centre of Equine Learning and Therapy)
£249,842 18/03/2015
36
Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-79
  • ANGELA ROBERTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Housewife
  • JILL DOROTHY WALTON Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Housewife
  • JOHN REYNOLDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • KATE HILL-TREVOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Estate Manager
  • KEITH THOMPSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Farmer
  • SOPHIA GREENWELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • VICTORIA ANNE EVERALL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2007, number: 1118241
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2006, number: 06033558
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR08: 11 days late, AR07: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DYFFRYN CEIRIOG GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION on 05/08/2020
Main office

Clwyd Special Riding Centre
Llanfynydd
WREXHAM
LL11 5HN

Objectives

TO PROVIDE, AT ITS CENTRE IN LLANFYNYDD NEAR WREXHAM THE NECESSARY FACILITIES, HORSES, STAFF AND EQUIPMENT TO ENABLE AND HELP CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL PHYSICAL AND OR LEARNING NEEDS TO RIDE HORSES AND TAKE PART IN EQUESTRIAN VAULTING AND THE DRIVING OF HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LLANFYNYDD, WREXHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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