# BLACKMORE VALE RDA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1136113
- **Other names:** HENSTRIDGE RDA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 25, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1136113


## Contact

- **Address:** CHERRINGTON FARM COTTAGE, NORTH CHERITON, TEMPLECOMBE
- **Postcode:** BA8 0AP
- **Phone:** 07766062572
- **Email:** blackmorevale.rda@gmail.com
- **Website:** blackmorevale.rda



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 ("THE ASSOCIATION") BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/ OR TO CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING  IN THE DORSET AREA

**Activities:** Blackmore Vale Riding for the Disabled offers riding on real ponies and two mechanical horses at Cherrington Farm Cottage, North Cheriton, Somerset to disabled riders in N Dorset and S Somerset.Our riders range in age from 5-74 and have a range of disabilities.  We have 6 accredited coach/instructors and a pool of 50 volunteers.  We operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during term time

**Area of benefit:** DORSET




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport, Animals, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £39003 | £48117 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £82912 | £27782 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £49379 | £46013 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £82696 | £32311 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £25345 | £35530 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MRS TESSA WOODHOUSE** (Chair)
- DAWN BROCK
- Delerie Ann Chambers — appointed Nov. 13, 2018
- GAYE FARQUARSON
- Gemma Louise Pullen — appointed Oct. 10, 2023
- John David Chilvers — appointed Nov. 12, 2025
- MARK JOHN MICHAEL WOODHOUSE — appointed April 16, 2015
- Victoria Margaret Standing — appointed May 15, 2025