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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

HEREFORDSHIRE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED

HEREFORDSHIRE RDA PROVIDES RIDING, CARRIAGE DRIVING AND HIPPOTHERAPY TO DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING BORDERS
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
31/03/23£122£98£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£592£86£506£0£627£13118.3353
31/03/21£120£86£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£114£135£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£173£152£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£142£124£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£127£137£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£151£162£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£116£147£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£115£180£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£152£147£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£128£141£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£124£142£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£99£111£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£101£133£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£109£174£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£138£166£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£148£129£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£89£81£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.rdahereford.org

ADMIN@RDAHEREFORD.ORG

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
BBC Children in Need£22,592
DCMS£9,360
Sport England£7,104
Herefordshire Community Foundation£4,600
Masonic Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 05/02/2024
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled
£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’
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 28/07/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled
£22,092 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project delivers therapy sessions to disabled young people, isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in increased physical wellness, self-belief and positive relationships.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,360 15/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£7,104 12/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Equestrian project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled
£4,600 27/05/2020
adapting services for social distancing
National Lottery Community Fund - Riding Activity Weeks
£9,602 15/03/2019
12
This funding will be used to deliver horse riding activities for young people living with disabilities. The project aims to use the sessions to provide social stimulation as well as therapeutic benefits for riders.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Herefordshire Riding For The Disabled
£3,001 19/11/2018
We would like to purchase two new saddles for two new members of our amazing herd of therapy horses in order that our clients can benefit.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-74
  • DAVID MICHAEL HARDING (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • RACHEL CARR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • SARAH REBECCA WHITTAL-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager
  • TAMARA LOUISE O'LEARY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Veterinary Account Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/2003, number: 1100675
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/09/2003, number: 04897295
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR10: 39 days late, AR09: 117 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

C/O HOLME LACY
HOLME LACY THERAPEUTIC CENTRE
HEREFORD
HR2 6LL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 (RDA) BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR TO CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE HEREFORDSHIRE AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HEREFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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