REGISTERED CHAIUTY NUMBER: 1170049 Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Flninclal StAtement5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 for HORSLEY, BOOKHAM AND LEATHERHEAD RDA Russell & Co Sldlion House Siaiion Approach East Horsley Leatherhead Surrey KT24 6QX HORSLEY, BOOKHAM AND LEATHERHEAD RDA Contents of the Financial Statements for the Ye4r Ended 31 March 2024 P2ge Report of the Trustees Independent Examlner's Report Stgtem¢nt of Flnanclal Actlvltles Balance Sheet Iyotes to the Finlnclal Stgtements 6 to 12 Detailed Statement of Flnancial Actlvltles 13 to 14 HORSLEY. BOOKHAM AND LEATHERHEAD RDA Report of the Trust¢e$ for the Ye4r Ended 31 Mareh 2024 Horsley. Bookham and L¢aiherhead Ridtng for the Disabled Associalion ( the Association") a Charitable Incorporated Organi5ation (CIO) operating under the umbrella of the Riding for the Disabled Association of Norfolk House, l A Tournamenl Court, Edgehill Drive. Warwick. CV34 6LG registered with the Charities Commission (No. 244108). As at 31 st March 2024 the Association was administered by a management committee of Trustees compri5ing.' Chair Mrs Sheryl John50n Secrelary Mrs Rebecca Macefield Treasurer Mrs Ruth Blowers Other Trustees Mrs Ang SLOtt, Mr Ba￿le Mould (resigned 22nd August 2023), Mr Bary Tregaskis, Mrs Fiona McGann, Miss Joanna Marsh. Mrs Kerry Dawes, and joined by Mr Jonathan Cook on 13th August 2023 and Mrs Christine Reynolds on 18th January 2024. Ai the Annual General Meeting on 22nd August 2023, Kery Dawes and Barry Mould resigned as per the requirements on the CIO rules and Kerry Dawe5 was re-elected. Jonathan Cuok's appointment lo focus on working with our horses and volunteers, to ensure a consislenl approach lo working with Ihe horses 10 improve their behaviour was unanimously approved by Members. The obj¢clive of the Associaiion i.s to provide therapy, fitness, skills development, and opportunities for achievement using horses 10 b¢n¢fit Ihe lives of disabled Lhildren and adults. We provide assistance wilh volunt¢¢rs. Loaches. horses, and faciliti¢s for riding so that all pttople who would benefit in Iheir mental or physical health from riding shall be given the opportunity to do so. Minimum Res¢rv¢s as required by ihe Charity Commission - £30K. All charities have a statutory duty to sei minimum reserves to ensure their continued status as a going concern. HB&L RDA minimum re5erveb remuin at £30k, These funds are there for dire emergencies and can only be usvd for general nmning costs should our Status change and we need to Use them to remain a going concern. The Truslees would like to highlight our ponies al the end of this year - AJ (loaned to us), Betty (purchased Feb 24 with a grant from The Wisl¢y Foundation), Bonnie. DC. Elvis, Freckles. Hector. Maggie, Shamrock (purchased Jan 24) and Tilly. Recent changes have seen Coco returned to owner Jan24, a brief trial of Melody and Torn off to sales livery. Wilhout our ponies we would not be able to support our regular sessions with th¢ following schools: Broadwater, Eastwick (Rainbows and years l & 2), Stoughton. St. Philipb and Woodlands, and our sessions with non-school individuals. Froin February 2024 with the addition of a new coach funded with a grant from Sport for England, we introduced three se55i0n8 on a Saturday Inorning totalling eighteen individuals aged 4 to 13. Regular rider5 donated £14,249, an average of £7 for up lo 30-minule session. We were able to provide 1598 rides with 118 riders and 130 volunteers, In addition lo our annual fundraAsing events Quiz night (£3,023) and Barn Dance (£4,568) which was kindly sponsored by Mowtivated Lid. we h¢ld an online Easter Auction (£3,640) and a great series of demo evenings (£2.839) including a visit from Sophie Christiansen and her amazing new partner. William. We also Irialled a Sponsored Ride held at Clandon Park with the kind permission of ihe Earl and Countess of Onslow, which received fabulous feedback, raised £5,280 and as so successful will becoine a bi-annual event. Our collection pots from local Stores, street and event collections raised £1,955, including £1,074 from our loyal Co-op shoppers. A total of £36,140 was paid up to 31 st March 2024 to Badgers Fann for looking after our ponies. We paid £l1.225 to our horse care specialists e.g. farrier. clipping, saddler, dentist. vel etc. We have had fabulous sharers for the ponies. with donations of £29,423 (and £1,085 from show day5), towards these costs. In addition to looking after our ponies this year we also have running costs for the riding centre including £2,944 for electricity, £1,454 for repairs and maintenance of the rider lift. fire alarni system etc. Page