## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 06.04.22 To 05.04.23** **Charity name: RIDING FOR THE DISABLED - EXETER GROUP** ## **Charity registration number: 1180573** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects for which the charity is
established are to promote the objects of the
Riding
for
the
Disabled
Association
incorporating Carriage Driving a charity
registered under charity number 244108
("RDA") by providing disabled children with
the opportunity to ride to benefit their health
and well- being in the Exeter area.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Weekly horse riding sessions are provided
specifically for children with disabilities in
order for them to gain therapeutic benefit
and have the opportunity to achieve.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Group works with children with a range
of disabilities and reasons for taking part.
The Group provides specialist tuition,
training and support for people with
disabilities to ride and take part in non-riding,
equestrian-related activities. Without our
support, most of our participants would be
unable to take part in these activities.
The core purpose of the charity is to benefit
the health and well-being of children with
disabilities through the delivery of effective
and life enhancing therapy, the opportunity
to learn new skills and achieve personal
goals and ambitions and the chance to enjoy
taking part in a social activity that promotes
general well-being.

We have complied with our duty to have due
regard to the commission's public benefit
guidance when exercising any powers or
duties to which the guidance is relevant.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We would like to thank our large group of
extremely dedicated volunteers, without
whom we would not be able to operate as
we do.| |Other||Not applicable.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We cater for young riders with a wide range
of physical and mental disabilities, principally
autism and cerebral palsy but also including
deafness, learning disabilities,
developmental delay and Down’s syndrome.
There are very few opportunities in the area
we serve for children with disabilities to learn
to ride within a supportive, RDA-approved
environment, taught by RDA qualified
instructors.
During the course of 2023 we have
introduced groundwork sessions for those
children who don't wish to ride but would
benefit from becoming more familiar with
ponies through grooming sessions. We have
also introduced "Tea with a Pony" sessions,
a new meaningful activity to help those living
with dementia and other long term
conditions.RDA created Tea With a Pony in
response to the growing number of people
living with dementia, for whom horse-riding
may not be suitable but who might be helped
by some other form of animal-assisted
activity involving horses.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Not applicable.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Not applicable.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable.| |Other||Not applicable.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Total receipts on unrestricted funds were
£9,157 and the main source of income
continues to be from donations.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is our aim to have sufficient balance of
unrestricted funds which equates to a total of
about three years running costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£18,651| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our principal source of funds is from
donations.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Not applicable.| |Other||Not applicable.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (CIO) registered with the
Charities Commission No: 1180573 dated 6
November 2018.| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected through nomination by
the voting members of the group at the
AGM. Specific posts include Chairman,
Treasurer and Secretary.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Not applicable.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Not applicable.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Not applicable.| |Other||Not applicable.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Riding for the Disabled–Exeter Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Not applicable.| |Registered charity number|1180573| |Charity’s principal address|Gulliford House
Mamhead
Exeter
Devon
EX6 8HH| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Robert Gaiger|Chairman||| ||Clive Richards|Treasurer||| ||Rebecca Wilkins|Secretary||| ||Jessica Williams|||| ||Eleanor Kerr|||| ||Helen Yazhecov|||| ||Kristen Birt|||| ||Clare Stubbins|||| ||Caroline Steggles|||| ||Stephanie Shanahan|||| ||Camilla Melksham|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name NONE** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**NONE**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|NONE| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|Not applicable.| ## **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)** Not applicable. ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not applicable. ## **Other optional information** None ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||ROBERT GAIGER|CLIVE RICHARDS| ||
CHAIRMAN|TREASURER| ||05 January 2024|| ||05 January 2024|| **Charity Name No (if any) RIDING FOR THE DISABLED - EXETER GROUP 1180573 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06.04.22 05.04.23 ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |
DONATIONS|**10,458**||**-**||**-**||**10,458**||**-**| |INTEREST|**3**||**-**||**-**||**3**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**10,461**||**-**||**-**||**10,461**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |
HIRE OF HORSES AND RELATED
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|**4,556**||**-**||**-**||**4,556**||**-**| |BANK CHARGES|**193**||**-**||**-**||**193**||**-**| |INSURANCE|**400**||**-**||**-**||**400**||**-**| |TRAINING COURSES|**95**||**-**||**-**||**95**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**5,244**||**-**||**-**||**5,244**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**5,217**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**13,434**||||||||**-**| ||**18,651**||||||||**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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BANK
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
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**to nearest £**
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**-**
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behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|ROBERTGAIGER
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