Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

RIDING FOR SMILES

RfS offers inclusive, innovative equestrian based activities to disabled and vulnerable young people who have physical, social, learning, behavioural and mental disabilities and those who are disaffected, excluded or marginalised. Our sessions provide enjoyable, enrichment experiences to develop confidence and self-esteem, positive interaction, motivation, calmness, thoughtfulness and resilience.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/03/23£47£58£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£64£55£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£52£14£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£22£20£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£12£9£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

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01909725251

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Rotherham, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£159,875
BBC Children in Need£30,520
The Clothworkers Foundation£6,000
Sport England£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Riding for Smiles
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Riding for Smiles
£30,020 31/01/2022
This project will provide equestrian opportunities for disabled children and young people. Activities will help to improve social skills, increase their confidence and promote positive behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Promoting Well-Being Enrichment and Learning
£116,875 29/10/2021
The funding will be used over 4 years to allow the project to continue to provide its mental health support and reach those living in deprived areas and deliver its equestrian projects to children in the local community.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Riding for Smiles
£6,000 03/03/2021
installation of the wheelchair accessible toilet facilities and purchase of storage container for a charity supporting young people with disabilities in Derbyshire
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - Carriage Driving
£5,000 13/07/2020
13
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - Carriage Driving . This project is a Equestrian project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Enrichment for the disadvantaged
£10,000 24/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver horse riding activities for children with additional needs. The project aims to provide therapeutic and well-being support to those in need after the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health
£33,000 28/02/2020
24
Funding will be used to provide inclusive equestrian activities to disadvantaged and vulnerable children in North Nottinghamshire and North East Derbyshire. In addition, Riding for Smiles will also strengthen itself through organisational ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Enrichment for the disadvantaged
£10,000 23/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to run horse therapy sessions for children living with additional needs. The project aims to improve wellbeing and social skills in participants.
National Lottery Community Fund - Riding for Smiles
£9,996 26/03/2018
12
The project will provide an equestrian riding programme for children and young people as a conduit to learning relevant educational, physical, social and essential life skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BETH STUCKEY Appointed: 2024
  • HELEN STUCKEY Appointed: 2023
  • SHARON TOLLEY Appointed: 2024
  • SARAH ADDIS (Chair) Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2017, number: 1174773
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 54 days late,
Main office

BANK HOUSE FARM
MANSFIELD ROAD
CRESWELL
WORKSOP
S80 4AA

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH, RELIEF OF NEED AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR DISABILITIES, OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF RELIEF FROM HURT AND PAIN BY THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AN EQUESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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