
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**From **|1|April|2020|**To**|31<br>March|2021|



## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1174773 

Riding for Smiles 

**Charity's principal address** Bank House Farm Mansfield Road Creswell, Worksop **Postcode S80 4AA** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Dr Geoff Cutts|Chair/Treasurer|||
||Sharon Tolley||||
||Sarah Atkin||||
||Helen Stuckey|Secretary|||



## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Special Educational**<br>**Needs**|Stephanie Hind||
||||
||||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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**Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

Constitution 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

New trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

- To develop and deliver a range of equestrian experiences especially for young people and adults who are disabled, disadvantaged, vulnerable or in need of distraction or relief from hurt and pain. 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

- To plan, monitor and report on each experience or sequence of experiences to provide feedback in partnership with schools and groups. RfS will aim to link experiences to the curriculum where possible. 

- To seek funding to support those schools, groups and individuals who are not able to fund themselves. 

- To evaluate the project to report improvements in participants’ social skills, self-esteem, self-confidence, responsibility, application, attitude, and wellbeing. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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Riding for Smiles is a charity offering inclusive and innovative equestrian based activities to disabled and vulnerable children, young people, and adults. 

Activities include horse riding lessons, trekking, carriage riding, grooming, cleaning tack, stable management (poo picking), filling hay nets, having a drink and a chat (MIND), educational short sessions (difference between walk, trot, canter, gallop). Activities are designed to meet the needs of the group and their progression through the sessions. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

We work with those who have physical, social, learning, behavioural and emotional/mental disabilities, or multiple needs and those who are disaffected, excluded, or marginalised. 

Our sessions and activities provide enjoyable, enrichment experiences and recreational opportunities which develop confidence and selfesteem, self- regulation, positive social interaction, motivation, calmness, thoughtfulness, resilience, and physical exercise. 

We work with Schools, Special Schools, Behaviour Units, Disability Sports Clubs, and other Charities to bespoke projects to meet individual and group needs. 

The trustees are aware of the guidance on public benefits and have taken it into account when making decisions. 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

It has been a challenging year for everyone, including RfS. However, RfS is emerging in a strong position. RfS in partnership with CCEC delivered 210 equestrian experiences in three months. Sadly, RfS was closed to schools for nine months and therefore this number is down from over 600 the previous year. Other achievements include:The invaluable partnership with Coloured Cob Equestrian Centre has been developed and captured in a new Service Level Agreement. RfS is delighted to have agreed a new working together agreement with Stephanie Hind, our project Liaison Officer and Special Educational Needs advisor. Full reviews and updates have been completed of the RfS Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct, RfS Constitution, RfS Risk Assessments, RfS Rules, Agreement forms, Information Sheet etc. RfS took delivery of a new carriage designed and built in the UK especially for wheelchair users and their carers. RfS worked with consultants, Connected Thinking, to re-examine its business plan, the make-up of its Board of Trustees, its marketing and engagement plan and many other aspects of its vision, mission, and values together with its operational procedures. RfS has built a digital presence starting with a web site, www.ridingforsmiles.org 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

The policy is to secure unrestricted reserves around 14 months to cover items such as the payments to the Project Liaison officer, costs of the web site (which is maintained by a trustee foc), minimal insurance and training. Funds restricted to providing equestrian experiences are ring fenced to the agreement with the funders. RfS monitors funding opportunities and regularly bids for funding where there is a match to the objectives of RfS. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

None. 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

## **Signature(s)** 



Sharon Tolley **Full name(s)** Dr Geoffrey Cutts **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair / Treasurer **etc)** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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Date
March 30 2021
TAR
Mar¢h 2012


|**Riding for Smiles**|**Riding for Smiles**|**Riding for Smiles**|**1174773**|
|---|---|---|---|
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|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||
|**For the period from**|April 1, 2020|**To**|March 31, 2021|



**CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**8,055**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,055**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,055**<br>**3,540**<br>**-**<br>**69**<br>**-**<br>**69**<br> **3,678**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**44,000**<br>**-**<br>**44,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,000**<br>**5,250**<br>**4,892**<br>**-**<br>**10,142**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**52,055**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**52,055**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**52,055**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**52,055**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations and grants|**8,055**|||||**18,600**|
|?????|**-**|||||**3,840**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**8,055**|||||**22,440**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**<br>**table).**|||||||
|**N/A**|**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||**52,055**||**22,440**|
|||||**3,540**<br>**5,250**<br>**69**<br>**4,892**<br>**69**<br>**-**<br>**13,820**|||
|Self Employed SEN Advisor|**3,540**||**-**|**3,540**||**2,195**|
|Costs of Experiences|**-**|**5,250**||**5,250**||**18,153**|
|Carriage Insurance|**69**|||**69**||**-**|
|Development Project - Consultant|**-**|**4,892**||**4,892**||**-**|
|Sagefuarding Course|**69**|||**69**|||
||||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**3,678**|**10,142**|**-**|**13,820**||**20,348**|





|**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(see table)**|||||||||||
|Carriage plus delivery|**-**||**6,415**|||**-**||**6,415**|||
|Purchase of a printer|**103**|||||**-**||**103**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**103**||**6,415**|||**-**||**6,518**||**-**|
||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_**|**3,782**||**16,557**|||**-**||**20,339**||**20,348**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**4,273**||**27,443**|||**-**||**31,716**||**2,092**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|||**-**||**-**|||**4,319**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**4,273**||**27,443**|||**-**||**36,036**|||



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

## **Categories** 

**B1 Cash funds** 

**B2 Other monetary assets** 

**B3 Investment assets** 

**Details** Current Account _**Total cash funds**_ 

## **Details** 

**Details** 

|**period**|**period**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|**5,009**||**31,027**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|5,009||31,027||**-**|
||||||



**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - Fund to which Cost Current value asset belongs (optional) (optional) - -** 



**-** 

## **Details** 

Printer Wheelchair Carriage 

## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

## **Details** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

## Signature 


|**Fund to which**||**Cost**||**Current value**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**asset belongs**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Unrestricted||**103**||**1**|
|Restricted||**6,115**||**6,115**|
|||**-**||**-**|
|**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**|
|**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|||**-**|||
|Print Name||||Date of<br>approval|
|Dr|Geoff Cutts|||06/04/2021|
|Chair and Treasurer,RfS Trustees|||||





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