Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

BEDFORD DISABLED HORSE RIDING ASSOCIATION

The Association provides horse riding as a therapy for all age groups suffering from physical or mental disabilities. On 2 days per week at their purpose built facilities at Willington, Bedfordshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/03/23	*	£78	£47	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£32	£52	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£23	£24	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£33	£25	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£37	£36	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£23	£34	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£45	£33	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£76	£41	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£82	£66	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£37	£34	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£63	£21	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£39	£29	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£35	£26	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£12	£21	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£28	£21	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£24	£23	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£16	£21	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£16	£16	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£24	£24	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£13	£12	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 27 years

www.bdhra.co.uk

rebecca@twigden.com

01480860552

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement of Outdoor Riding School
£10,000	28/04/2023	Funding will be used to help replace the outdoor riding school for children with disabilities. This project aims to expand the organisation’s provisions to meet the increasing requests to support ....more Funding will be used to help replace the outdoor riding school for children with disabilities. This project aims to expand the organisation’s provisions to meet the increasing requests to support more children in the community.
Harpur Trust - Grant to Bedford Disabled Horse Riding Association
£5,000	19/04/2023 12	Replacement outdoor riding school menage

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA VARLEY

ALASDAIR TEBBUTT Appointed: 2013

IVAN ROBERT TWIGDEN

JEAN MARY BEDFORD

JAMES GODBER Appointed: 2023

KATE SYLVESTER-KILROY Appointed: 2021

NICHOLAS HECTOR KIER Appointed: 2012

REBECCA TWIGDEN Appointed: 2012

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/03/1998, number: 1068678

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 42 days late, AR07: 9 days late,

Main office

STONELY HILL FARM
MAIN ROAD
STONELY
ST. NEOTS
PE19 5ES

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF HORSE RIDING FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEDFORDSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE