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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +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 several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/03/24£68£90£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23*£78£47£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£32£52£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£23£24£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£33£25£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£23£34£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£45£33£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£76£41£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£82£66£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£37£34£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£63£21£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£39£29£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£35£26£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£12£21£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£28£21£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£24£23£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£16£21£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£16£16£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£24£24£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£13£12£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.bdhra.co.uk

rebecca@twigden.com

01480860552

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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 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 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest 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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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