



|Names and addresses ofadvisers|Names and addresses ofadvisers|(Optional<br>information)|
|---|---|---|
|T|eofadviser<br>Name|Address|
|Name ofchief executive or names||ofsenior staff members<br>(Optional<br>information)|
||Description ofthe charity's trusts||
||Type of governing<br>document|Constitution<br>adopted October 2018|
||How the charity is conshtuted|Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation<br>(CIO)|
||'rrustee selection methods|NeW truSteeS are interVieWed<br>and appOinted<br>by eXiSting|
|||trustees,<br>with ratification<br>by the RDA Group members<br>at|
|||the AGM|
||Additional<br>governance<br>issues|(Optional<br>information)|
||You may choose to include|A minimum<br>offour Trustee meetings are held annually,|
||additional<br>information,<br>where|plus others as required<br>this year extra ones to discuss the|
||relevant, abo|absorbing<br>of Minchinhampton<br>RDA. Further sub|
||~<br>policies and procedures|committee<br>meetings are normally<br>held for example<br>fund|
||adopted for the induction<br>and<br>training<br>oftrustees;<br>~<br>the charity's organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity|raising.<br>There were seven trustees active for the whole year April<br>2020 to March 2021.<br>The Group operates under the national<br>umbrella|
||works;|organisation<br>ofthe Riding for Disabled Association<br>but is a|
||~<br>relationship<br>with any related|separate and independent<br>charity responsible<br>for its own|
||parties;<br>~<br>trustees'<br>consideration<br>of<br>major risks and the system<br>and procedures to manage<br>them.|governance<br>and funding.<br>To ensure the ongoing safety ofour volunteers,<br>riders and<br>ponies the Group carries out an annual<br>risk assessment.<br>The group has a number ofpolicies in place to promote|
|||good governance<br>and to ensure the safety ofour riders,|
|||onies and volunteers.|
|||To promote the objects ofthe Riding for the Disabled|
||Summary ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in its governing<br>document|Association<br>incorporating<br>carriage driving, a charity<br>registered<br>under charity number 244108 by providing<br>disabled<br>people with the opportunity<br>to ride to benefit their|
|||health and well-being<br>in the mid-west<br>Gloucestershire|
|||area.|
||Summary<br>ofthe main activities||





|undertaken<br>forthe public<br>benefit in relation tothese<br>objects (include within this<br>section the statutory|undertaken<br>forthe public<br>benefit in relation tothese<br>objects (include within this<br>section the statutory|The Charity provides equestrian<br>services specifically for<br>people with disabilities<br>(both physical and learning<br>difficulties)<br>in order for them to gain therapeutic<br>benefit.|The Charity provides equestrian<br>services specifically for<br>people with disabilities<br>(both physical and learning<br>difficulties)<br>in order for them to gain therapeutic<br>benefit.|
|---|---|---|---|
|declaration<br>that trustees|have|These activities include<br>riding therapy<br>and training,<br>training||
|had regard tothe guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public benefit)||on animal care and stable management,<br>competitions<br>educational<br>activities.|and|
|||Our group works with adults and children<br>with a range|of|
|||disabilities<br>and reasons for taking part.||
|||The core purpose ofthe Charity is to benefit the health|and|
|||well-being<br>ofpeople with disabilities<br>through<br>the delivery of||
|||effective and life-enhancing<br>therapy,<br>the opportunity<br>to||
|||learn new skills, achieve personal goals and ambitions|and|
|||the chance to enjoy taking part in a social activity that||
|||promotes general well-being.||
|||During the year April 2020 to March 2021 whilst||
|||conducting<br>the aforementioned<br>charitable<br>work the||
|||Trustees have had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the||
|||Charity Commission<br>on Public Benefit.||
|Additional<br>details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional<br>information)||
|You may choose to include<br>further statements,<br>where<br>relevant, about:||We have in the region ofseventy volunteers<br>who carry <br>a range ofvital tasks.<br>For example: volunteer<br>roles or<br>duties can include:|out|
|~<br>policy on grantmaking;||||
|~<br>policy programme<br>related<br>investment;||Assisting<br>with rides: each rider can need up to four<br>volunteers<br>supporting<br>them (instructors,<br>leaders, side||
|~<br>contribution<br>made by<br>volunteers.||walkers and followers)||
|||Preparing<br>the ponies for the rides.||
|||General<br>pony care (EVERYday of the week, every day of||
|||the year!)||
|||Stable and paddock maintenance.||
|||Rider and volunteer<br>co-ordination||
|||Fund raising||
|||Charity administration||





|Summary<br>of <br>achievements|Summary<br>of <br>achievements|the main<br>ofthe charity|Watershed<br>RDA Group has provided|310rides for|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|during the|year||approximately<br>25 children<br>and adults|during the year to|
||||end ofMarch 2021 considerably<br>less|than<br>in previous|
||||years due to Coronavirus<br>as riders were very cautious to||
||||return.||
||||We own or loan on long term five ponies and additional||
||||one (not owned<br>by Watershed)<br>is brought<br>in when||
||||required<br>usually<br>on one day a week.||
||||We keep our website<br>up to date to provide beneficial||
||||sharing ofnews and events together|with Facebook and|
||||Twitter pages enhance the promotion|and communication|
||||ofthe Group||





|Briefstatement ofthe<br>charity's<br>policy on reserves|The charity elects to maintain<br>reserves of ~<br>2020/21 the charity had reserves off120,c<br>Reserves are held to cover any fluctuation|
|---|---|
||unexpected<br>expenditure.|
|Details ofany funds materially||
|in deficit||
|Further financial<br>review details|(Optional<br>information)|
|Vou may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where|The majority ofour expenditure<br>is spent on<br>the stables and looking after the ponies.<br>C|
|relevant about:|expenditure<br>consists of:|
|e<br>the charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds {including<br>any fundraising);<br>~<br>how expenditure<br>has<br>supported<br>the key objectives<br>ofthe charity;|Pony care (feed, farrier, veterinary<br>etc)<br>Rent (premises and grazing<br>land)<br>Insurance<br>(vehicle, premises<br>and public lia<br>Paddock and general maintenance<br>Vehicle related expenses (tractor 8 truck)|
|~<br>investment<br>policy and||
|objectives including<br>any<br>ethical investment<br>policy<br>adopted.|The majority ofour income comes from doi<br>and fund raising efforts, with a small amoui<br>being generated<br>by a E5contribution<br>per ri|
||considerably<br>less than the commercial<br>rate|
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|Statement ofassets and|liabilities||
|Receipts and payments|accounts||
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|ank Accounts|||
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||31-3.21|31.3.20|
|current<br>Accounts|49,587|22,448|
|Peposit Account|71,313|55,537|
||120,900|77,985|
|Restricted<br>Funds|||
|Mess room fund|17,000|11,415|
|Pony fund|4,200|3,450|
|Machinery<br>and vehicle fund|39,080|19,080|
|Yard manager|32,523|22,745|
|Restricted<br>Funds total|92,803|56,690|
|Unrestricted<br>Funds|28,097|21,295|
||120,900|77,985|





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|||||Year ended|Year ended|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||31.3.21|31.3.20|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||||E||E|
|Total receipts for the year||46,860|36,335|83,195|61,336|
|Total payments<br>for the|year|40,058|222|40,280|43,816|
|Net receipts/(payments)|for the year|6,802|36,113|42,915|17,518|
|Cash funds as at 1st April 2020||21,295|56,690|77,985|60,467|
|Debtors settled||||||
|Creditors settled|||||0|
|Net surplus<br>for the year||6,802|36,113|42,915|17,518|
|Cash funds as at 31st March 2021||28,097|92,803|120,900|77,985|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total|
|INCOINE||fundsf|funds<br>E||funds<br>8|
|Card Sales||189|||189|
|Donations||11,016|25,585||36,601|
|Insurance<br>Claim||4,150|||4,150|
|Friends Scheme||3,287|||3,287|
|Fundraising||||||
|Gift Aid||2,972|||2,972|
|Grants||10,000|||10,000|
|Holidays<br>(Income)||||||
|Interest||26|||26|
|Legacies||12,350|10,000||22,350|
|Mess Room Fundraising||||||
|Mess Room Donations||||||
|Mileage @45ppm||||||
|Muck Sales||290|||290|
|Pony Sale||||750|750|
|Riders' Contributions||1,550|||1,550|
|Sales of Saddlery|and Tack|120|||120|
|Sales||862|||862|
|Share of Hay||42|||42|
|Other||6|||6|
|Total Income||46,860|36,335||83,195|





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|Total|Total||||Unrestricted|Restricted|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|funds|||EXPENDITURE||fundsf|funds<br>E|
|||971|Bank charge||69||
|40,||113|Bedding||124||
||||Capital Equipment||18,815||
|3,107|||Catering/Outings||||
|2,099|||Cleaner||206||
||||DBSapplications||24||
|1,000|||Electricity Gas||1,019||
|3,990|||Farrier||1,438||
|||163|Feed||31||
|3,110|||Fundraising<br>expenses||||
||||Groom|||222|
||||Hay||||
||||Holidays<br>(Outgo)||||
||206||Legal and professional|fees|||
||200||Maintenance||5,696||
|4,595|||Mess Room Expenditure||25||
||||Paddock Maintenance||401||
|1,047|||Capital Works||6,495||
||||Pony purchase||||
|735|||||||
||||Prems & Empl Insurance||747||
|61,336|||Rates||||
||||RDA||665||
||||Rent||1,296||
||||Saddlery and Tack||519||
||||Stationery<br>8 postage||139||
||||Tractor||98||
||||Training||||
||||Vehicle fuel||359||
||||Vehicle Insurance||479||
||||Vehicle Service||179||
||||Vehicle Tax||265||
||||Veterinary||474||
||||Other (expenditure)||495||
||||TOTAL EXPENDITURE||40,058|222|





|Year ended|Year ended|
|---|---|
|31.3.21|31.3.20|
|Total|Total|
|funds|funds|
|69|69|
|124|209|
|18,815||
||346|
|206|494|
|24|60|
|1,019|956|
|1,438|1,366|
|31|141|
||1,277|
|222|3255|
||975|
||2,977|
|5,696|300|
|25|1,730|
|401|1,446|
|6,495||
|747|729|
||383|
|665|665|
|1,296|496|
|519|1,828|
|139|51|
|98|187|
|359|406|
|479|332|
|179|503|
|265|260|
|474|1,223|
|495|981|
|40,280|43,818|





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