Registered Charity.. 1192743 Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving CIO 1192743 Trustees. Report I" April 2024- 31" March 2025 Background Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving wa5 registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisarion ICIOI in December 2020, charity number 1192743. This charity replaced the small charity, Lapworth Group RDA 1074295. Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving is a member of the RDA UK. Governance Trustees are appointed to post by members at the Annual General Meeting. Trustees serve up to 2 terms of 3 years. A scheme of rotation exists to ensure continuity of leadership while allowing for the board to be refreshed. The board will co-opt new Trustees as and when required during the year. and their appointment referred to the subsequent AGM for confirmation. The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. TrLtstee name Pamela Margaret Hadley Resi nations Role Chair Other trusteeshiplconfllct of interest None recorded Alison Mary Alabaster Treasurer None recorded Vivien May Burrows Secretary None recorded Helen Mary Carmel Smith Trustee Chairper50n of Evelyn's Gift 1165015ICIOI None recorded Jacqueline Hennessy Trustee Susan Mary Philpott Trustee Oxhill Village Hall 1184770 ICIOI Dianne Christine Hill Trustee None recorded Ohjpctiiipf The group provides therapeutic horse-riding opportunities for children with special educational needs from a special needs school, during term time. The children have conditions that include ADHD and Autism and the aim of our group is to provide enjoyment, learning opportunities. improvements in concentration and confidence. Activities Our primary activities are weekly riding sessions for the children during term time at the RDA National Training Centre. Shrewley. The Sessions involve learning to mount, control and steer the equines. Progression is in the form of trotting and riding independently. The riders also have the opportunity to ride the mechanical horse which aids their balance and enhances their enjoyment. Pagelof4 Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Incorporatlng Carriage Drlvin8 1192743 At the end of the academic year the riders participate in a Fun Day where they show what they have learnt and compete against riders from other RDA Groups. During the year we had 18 parhcipants, all under the age of Ilyears old. The sessions were delivered by 2 coaches and 21 volunteers who supported the children to get the m05t from the experience of being in a different environment. talking to our volunteers, learning new skills and gaining in confidence. With encouragement from our team, the group improved their confidence and concentration, improving core strengths and engaged in an activity that would not normally be available to them, thereby achieving our objectives. The feedback from the school was very positive in that the children's behaviour improved and led to numerous conversarions about what they had learnt and done during the lesson. At Fun Day, the children were able to compete against riders from other Eroups and received many rosettes in recognition of their achievements. One rider winning his class for the Town and Country Challenge. Safeguarding The charity has a safeguarding policy, in line with RDA UK. and a Safeguarding officer. Disclosure and Barring Service checks are undertaken by all volunteers and coaches. Fir-.y-i11 P: A total of £2,866.60 was received as unrestricted fundinE during the frnancial year, from donations and from a fundraising event. Total expenditure amounted to £2.075.40 giving a surplus of £791.20. Reserves policy The trustees of the charity acknowledge that should the ￿SerVeS fall below £1,000 then it would not be acceptable to keep offering riding lessons to the children from a local special needs school. Lapworth Group RDA do not own any equines or property and our main expenditure relates to an annual membership of the Riding for the Disabled Association UK,. an annual insurance payment and the hire of equines and the arena, in which the lesson5 are given. Reserves of £13,221.85 are held with Lloyds Bank PLC at the end of this financial period. Page2of4 Lapworth Group Rldin8 for the Disabled Incorporatin8 Carriage Driving 1192743 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES la￿rth Group for the Di8ÈlW As2oc*tion Incorpor4dtYJ earriaue Dr&ving 1192T43 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 3110312025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowrnent lund$ Tolal Last yèa t<>th• n•ar•ste tDth• rvr•st toth• n•410St£ A1 Rècei Uwestriotedd￿a1￿n￿ ien Hall 2.D29 2.029 a21 Sub total{Gross inLwi8 for ARI 2167 1867 3N4 A2 Asset and inve51ment sale5, see table Sub total Trtal 2.E87 A3Pa ments C05tof.ft￿IalsIfftI RDAMefft*rsb*a￿ Insur¥nce Hire Dlwrne5 èm SundiE5 DES¢hecks Equyn8nt DNOS sub5c¢ 441 441 19 174 1$ 174 674 Sub total 2.975 1075 )J2B A4 Asset and invèstment urchases, see table Sub tolal Tot81 paynwnts 1075 1075 3.52B 14ot of recoipW(paym#nts) AS Transfers b?￿een funds A6 eash funds18St year end Cash fund5 this year •nd 7Y1 791 a24 12.431 13,222 12.431 13.222 324 Page3of4 Lapworth Group RidinB for the Dlsabled Incorporating Carriage Driving 1192743 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds ton•*tèst£ Reslricled fund¥ Endowment fuods Categoryds Detsils lo n•ar•st£ B1 Cash funds Uwds 8ank 13222 rotal cash fund5 13,222 c￿nN$)) Unre8trfct8d funds Rastrlctsd funds ton•ar•stÉ Endowmènt funds n••￿$t¥ Oetails tOnpar•st£ Fundtow)k •rAIt￿l0 Currnrtv4lu• Details Co*loplonall B3 Investm&nt asset8 Fundt0￿￿1Bh assetbt Curr•nlvalug Details Cogt loptrom B4 Assets retalnet1 tor t charity's ovm use Fundto urrt4uo knèn Details B5 Lfjabi1Stl•s Sioned by one ￿ t￿truS￿*S behaNofFJI trt trwe8S Svjnature Print Nan Date of .HADLEV Page4of4 Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Incorporating Carriage Drlvlng 1192743