## **Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association** Report and Accounts Year Ended 31 March 2021
Charity Registration Number 1114296 Company Number 5742315 (England and Wales)
Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association Trustees Report and Accounts Year Ended 31 March 2021
## **Contents**
|Legal and administrative Information|3|
|---|---|
|Trustees Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
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|Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association|Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association|
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||Trustees Report and Accounts|
||Year Ended 31 March 2021|
|**Full Name:**|Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association|
|**Registered Charity Number:**|1114296|
|**Registered Company Number:**|5742315|
|**Registered Office:**|Oakwell Centre|
||Pontefract Road|
||Barnsley|
||South Yorkshire|
||S71 1HF|
|**Trustees and Directors:**|Constance Grayson|
||Dawn Catling-Johnson|
||Margaret Elizabeth Burkinshaw-Swift (retired 31/03/21)|
||Nikita Robinson (appointed 31/03/21)|
||Kerry Louise Hatton (appointed 31/03/21)|
|**Chairperson:**|Constance Grayson|
|**Bankers:**|Unity Trust Bank|
||9 Brindley Place|
||Birmingham|
||B1 2HB|
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Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association Trustees Report and Accounts Year Ended 31 March 2021
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association is a registered charity with the charity commission and a company limited by guarantee, governed by its memorandum and articles of association, dated March 2006. The company has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to a sum not exceeding £1. The affairs of the charity are managed on a day to day basis by the trustees who may exercise all the powers of the charity.
## **Appointment of trustees**
The trustees are also the directors of the company for the purpose of company law. The trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meeting.
## **Risk Management**
The trustees examine the major risks that the charity faces and to put into operation systems so that necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks.
## **Charitable aims and objectives**
The principle objectives of the charity are to promote the objects of Rising for the Disabled Association by providing disabled people with the opportunity to ride and/or carriage drive, to benefit their health and wellbeing. The charity operates in the Barnsley and District area.
## **Activities undertaken for the public benefit.**
In shaping the objectives for the year, the trustees have paid due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the charity commission.
The activities carried out for the benefit of the public, to meet the aims and objects include:
- Riding sessions for disabled people
- Providing volunteer opportunities
## **Achievements and performance during the period**
Barnsley RDA made the difficult decision to close temporarily due to the new Novel Coronavirus pandemic just before the start of this financial year. The subsequent loss and uncertainty brought about difficult conversations regarding the very real and potential permanent closure of the charity.
Thanks to generous donations of the public via Facebook and media appeals, the charity was able to weather the four lockdowns and stabilise expenditure to enable survival. Significant expenditure was incurred in make the centre “Covid Secure” to enable a gradual return to riding sessions. This has not been without its trials and tribulations. Within the past few months, riding has started to resume, albeit with many riders still shielding and sessions
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being strictly controlled to protect every single one of our riders, volunteers, parents and supporters alike.
## **The charities policy on reserves.**
There are no minimum levels set by the trustees for reserves; however, this is currently under review.
## **Statement of trustee’s responsibilities**
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the year and of the surplus or deficiency for the year then ended.
In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and then apply them on a consistent basis, making judgements and estimates that are prudent and reasonable. The trustees must also prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity, and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities.
## **Financial Position**
The financial statements are set out in pages xx to xx. The statement of financial activities shows net incoming resources for the year of a revenue nature of £7,421.
The total funds at the year-end stand at £7,429.
The trustees consider the financial performance of the charity during the year and its financial position at the end of the year to be satisfactory.
## **Small company provisions**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
**Signed Mrs C Grayson, Trustee/Director**
**Date 12/11/2021**
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Barnsley Riding for the Disabled Association Trustees Report and Accounts Year Ended 31 March 2021
## **INCOME AND EXPEDITURE STATEMENT**
for the period ended 31st March 2021
|**INCOME**
Donations
-
Facebook
-
Grants
-
Individuals
Schools Services
Other
**TOTAL INCOME**
**Less: EXPENDITURE**
Accountancy Fees
Bank Charges
Electricity and heating and Water
Hygiene Supplies
Horse Expenses
Veterinary Fees
Insurance
Membership, subscriptions & licences
Staffing costs
Office, Postage, printing and stationery
Professional fees
Refreshments
Repairs and maintenance
Staff training and clothing
Sundry Expenses
Telephone
Website and Software Costs
**TOTAL EXPENSES**
**NET INCOME/LOSS**|**2021**
**2020**
27870
5724
13146
10627
1785
10
**31282**
**27880**
1196
790
72
72
1690
2793
36
0
1805
5515
513
0
0
880
1185
305
10150
12912
100
4018
1765
0
0
109
4300.90
3477
45
156
0
15
923
736
72
0|
|---|---|
||**23853**
**31778**|
|||
||**7429**
**-3898**|
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## **BALANCE SHEET**
as at 31st March 2021
|**Assets**
Debtors
Unity Trust Bank
Cash
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
Creditors
**Total Liabilities**
**Assets – Liabilities**
**Capital**
Profit and Loss Account
**Total Capital**|**2021**
**2020**
0
0
9282
1852
75
75|
|---|---|
||9357
1927
0
0
0
0|
||9357
1927|
||9357
1927
9357
1927|
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