## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] August 2021 To 31[st] July 2022**
**Charity name: Gartmore Riding School Riding for the Disabled Association**
**Charity registration number: 1176116**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To Promote the Objects of the Riding
of the charity as set out For The Disabled Association
in its governing Incorporating Carriage-driving, a
document Charity registered under charity
number 244108, by providing disabled
people with the opportunity to ride
and/or carriage drive to benefit their
health and wellbeing in the Lichfield,
Walsall, Tamworth and the wider
Staffordshire and West Midlands areas.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and To provide therapy, achievement,
1.19
activities in relation to enjoyment and friendship to people
those purposes for the with developmental and physical
public benefit, in disabilities. To encourage therapeutic
particular, the activities, interactions with both horses and
projects or services humans as well as building and
identified in the improving confidence and
accounts. communication skills. To enjoy the
physical and emotional benefits of
participating in sport and learning new
skills
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The Trustees operate under a
whether the trustees constitution which is guided by the
have had regard to the Charity Commission in terms of the
guidance issued by the benefit it offers to the public.
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social
investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The Charity has worked with local
authorities, schools, Adult Education
providers and NGOs as well as
Summary of the main individuals to provide equine therapy,
Para 1.20
achievements of the riding and non-riding horse-based
charity, identifying the activities such as classroom-based
difference the charity’s learning and outdoor-based sessions
work has made to the focusing on the care of the
circumstances of its environment and horses and ponies.
beneficiaries and any This is all undertaken to provide riders
wider benefits to society and their families and carers with the
as a whole. benefits to physical and mental health
of being outdoors and with animals.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
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other
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The Charity made a small loss by the
financial position at the end of the accounting period, down to
end of the period the loss of revenue as a result of
lockdowns. Costs have also continued
to rise.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 N/A
policy for holding
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 N/A
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Apart from the first charity trustees,
methods including details every trustee must be appointed for
of any constitutional the remaining life of the project subject
provisions e.g. election to to clause [12]by a resolution passed at
post or name of any a properly convened meeting of the
person or body entitled charity trustees. (2) In selecting
to appoint one or more individuals for appointment as charity
trustees trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge
and experience needed for the
effective administration of the CIO.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Gartmore Riding School Riding for the Disabled Association Other name the charity uses N/A Registered charity number 1176117
Charity’s principal address
Gartmore Riding School, Hall Lane, Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0JT
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Tracy Francis Chair Trustees
2 Sarah Spiers Trustee Trustees
3 Tracy Rhodes Treasurer Trustees
4 James Francis Secretary Trustees
Samantha Trustee Trustees
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Faulkner
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
## **N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Tracy Francis **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 30/05/23
## **RIDING FOR THE DISABLED**
## **GARTMORE RIDING SCHOOL**
**UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
**DORAM & CO ACCOUNTANTS 3 FRIARY VIEW SANDFORD STREET LICHFIELD STAFFS WS13 6QX**
## **RIDING FOR THE DISABLED GARTMORE RIDING SCHOOL**
## **PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022**
|||**2022**||**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Turnover**|||||
|Donations||30,295||36,677|
|**Overhead expenses**|||||
|GRS - funding|18,520|
|11,814||
|DBS Checks|-||16||
|ESF Funding|1,654||6,140||
|R.D.A Subscriptions|675||605||
|Pony|2,200||1,600||
|Courses & Training|4,692||-||
|Lift & Heating|265||607||
|Equipment|5,427||5,510||
|Rosettes & Clothing|1,369||-||
|Miscellaneous|20||1,860||
|Repairs and renewals|1,095||3,784||
|Feed, Farrier & Vet|323||7,478||
|Cleaning|-||86||
|Sundries|20||-||
||**––––––**||**––––––**||
|||36,260||39,500|
|||**––––––**||**––––––**|
|**Net loss for the year**||£(5,965)||£(2,823)|
|||**––––––**||**––––––**|
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