Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

THE AVON CENTRE LIMITED

Provision of therapeutic riding lessons to around 300 disabled children and adults in one of the UK's largest equestrian centres purpose built for disabled riders. Set among 100 acres of fields and woodland, the Centre offers individual development, enabling clients to achieve skill and confidence in a safe, friendly and attractive environment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/23		£410	£396	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	125
30/06/22		£371	£296	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
30/06/21		£226	£244	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/06/20	*	£360	£350	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
30/06/19	*	£321	£344	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
30/06/18	*	£374	£403	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17		£434	£427	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16	*	£422	£484	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15	*	£469	£335	£135	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14	*	£497	£361	£136	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13		£450	£329	£121	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12		£356	£295	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11		£340	£310	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10	*	£330	£284	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09		£289	£234	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£209	£208	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07		£209	£188	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06		£205	£207	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05		£175	£178	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£160	£165	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 43 years

www.avonridingcentre.org.uk

centremanager@avonridingcentre.org.uk

01179590266

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bristol City, Gloucestershire, Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
125 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Quartet Community Foundation	£22,501
Crowdfunder	£20,000
Sport England	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,994

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Avon Centre
£250	08/02/2023	As requested by the donor towards providing disabled people access to the therapeutic benefits of spending time with horses.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£20,000	20/04/2022	Covid response
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Avon Centre
£9,951	18/03/2022 11	Developing connections with other groups and organisations to boost health and wellbeing in our community through the power of horses, ponies, and natural green spaces
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Avon Centre
£5,000	15/02/2022 11	Improving the health and well-being of disabled and non-disabled people using the power of horses, ponies, and community green spaces, supported by local volunteers
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting people with nature horses & ponies and each other to boost health.
£9,994	07/01/2022	The funding will be used to provide ridden and non-ridden horse therapeutic sessions for disabled and non-disabled people. The project aims to improve mental health and well-being through mindfulness ....more The funding will be used to provide ridden and non-ridden horse therapeutic sessions for disabled and non-disabled people. The project aims to improve mental health and well-being through mindfulness sessions with horses and ponies.
Sport England - COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
£0	01/12/2021	Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They ....more Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They achieved themselves an additional crowdfund raise value of £57,373 from 477 supporters ('the crowd'). The campaign's description was: 'We urgently need to raise funds to continue to deliver our life changing activities and prevent the permanent closure of the Avon Centre' Their campaign page can be viewed here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-avon-centre
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Avon Centre
£800	01/12/2021	As requested by the donor towards providing disabled people access to the therapeutic benefits of spending time with horses.
Quartet Community Foundation - Return to Avon
£5,000	15/06/2021 2	To support the group's current clients to return to the group's activity, and new clients, particularly those whose mental health has suffered during the pandemic.
Quartet Community Foundation - Therapy area and arena
£1,500	21/01/2021	Towards creating a quiet, separate arena and covered area for working with particularly vulnerable people - one to one or small group with rescue ponies.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000	18/05/2020 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 ....more 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.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW CHARLES HESKETH WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

CLIFFORD ANDREW EVANS BA CERT ED Appointed: 2022

SYLVIA VINCENT DIPHE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/12/1980, number: 281648
Registered at Companies House on 12/12/1980, number: 01534625

Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
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

20 returns made; AR20: 81 days late, AR19: 7 days late, AR18: 103 days late, AR16: 11 days late, AR15: 28 days late, AR14: 32 days late, AR10: 194 days late,

Main office

KINGS WESTON ROAD
HENBURY
BRISTOL
BS10 7QT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, WELLBEING AND REHABILITATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HORSE RELATED AND NATURE PROGRAMMES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED-IN PRACTISE THE COUNTY OF AVON

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