Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 3

SADDLEWORTH RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING

Saddleworth RDA is a Riding for the Disabled group based in Diggle near Oldham. Since June 2018 we have offered opportunities for children and adults with physical and learning disabilities to experience horse care and therapeutic horse riding sessions. Lessons take place in an outdoor arena as well as hacking along safe paths. The RDA motto is: It's what you CAN do that counts!

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
28/02/23	*	£9,013	£11,652	£-2,639	28
28/02/22?		£12,762	£10,142	£2,620	30
30/04/21		£5,731	£3,815	£1,916	25
30/04/20		£5,731	£5,113	£618	15
30/04/19		£23,875	£19,208	£4,667	24

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

rdasaddleworth@gmail.com

07768986031

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
28 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Saddleworth Riding for the Disabled Association
£1,572	22/10/2022	We aim to buy recycled plastic picnic-style tables with wheelchair access to use outdoors. We currently train participants in horse care but we have no seating to complete their worksheets.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Saddleworth Riding for the Disabled, Diggle
£984	23/10/2021	We would like to build a large outdoor shelter for riders to learn horse care and transferable life skills, have therapeutic pony sessions and watch arena lessons.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON DELANEY PICKERING (Chair) Appointed: 2017

DAVID ERIC SMITH Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL JOHN PICKERING Appointed: 2020

SALLY ANNE JONES Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2018, number: 1177448

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR23: 104 days late,

Main office

Northwood Farm
Fir Trees Lane
Higham
BURNLEY
Lancashire
BB12 9AY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED ARE 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 GREATER MANCHESTER AREA.

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