## Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group SC010604 

Accounts for the year ended 31 March 

2025 



Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group 

SC010604 

Name of Charity: Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group Scottish Charity Number: SC010604 Address of the principal office: Ashbrook House Maryculter ABERDEEN AB12 5GR 

Names of charity trustees: 


The organisation is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, the purpose of which is to promote the objects of the Riding for the Disabled Association by providing disabled people with the opportunity to ride to benefit their health and wellbeing in the Aberdeen area. 

The structure of the organisation consists of members who have the right to attend members’ meetings (including any annual general meeting) and have important powers under the constitution; in particular, the members appoint people to serve on the board and take decisions on changes to the constitution itself.  The Board who are known as charity trustees hold regular meetings and generally control the activities of the organisation. 

The main activities of the charity has been the provision of riding opportunities for around 20 individuals per week, engaging in fund raising activities and raising the profile of the charity with a view to encouraging donations. 

The policy of the charity trustees in terms of reserves is to generate sufficient funds, through fund raising, donations and interest to cover the running expenses of the charity without spending any of the capital base. This was achieved during the year to 31 March 2025 as the reserves increased by £77,840 due to the receipt of a large donation from the estate of Robert Stephen amounting to £89,834. 


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Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group 

SC010604 

## **Receipts and Payments** 

For the year ended 31 March 2025 

|Receipts<br>Interest received<br>Donations<br>Fundraising activities<br>Donation – Coop<br>Donation – Student Show<br>Hire of ponies<br>Donation Robert Stephen Estate<br>Payments<br>Tillyoch hire<br>Running costs of ponies<br>Coaching<br>RDA national<br>Meeting and AGM expenses<br>First Aid courses and training<br>Website costs<br>Fundraising costs<br>Miscellaneous<br>Purchase of Dallas<br>Purchase of defibrillator<br>Surplus/(Deficit) for year|Year  to<br>31/3/25<br>£<br>Year  to<br>31/3/24<br>£<br>9,687<br>6,533<br>1,000<br>155<br>3,720<br>3,301<br>-<br>1,332<br>1,545<br>-<br>2,351<br>2,124<br>89,834<br>-|
|---|---|
||108,137<br>13,445<br>8,195<br>3,290<br>15,944<br>6,324<br>4,486<br>3,048<br>477<br>460<br>44<br>30<br>-<br>630<br>217<br>175<br>216<br>216<br>718<br>785<br>-<br>4,400<br>-<br>1,980|
||30,297<br>21,338|
||£77,840<br>£(7,893)|



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Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group 

SC010604 

## Statement of Balances as at 31 March 2025 

||31/3/2025|31/3/2024|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Virgin Money Charity Term Deposit|75,040|71,801|
|Hampshire Trust Bank Term Deposit|84,812|82, 061|
|Cambridge and Counties Bank Term|78,420|75,188|
|Shawbrook Bank|80,000||
|Virgin Current Account|6,801|18,183|
|Total funds|£325, 073|£247, 233|
|Reconciliation of balances|||
|Total funds at 31/3/2024|247,233|255, 126|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|77,840|(7,893)|
|Total funds at 31/3/2025|£325,073|£247,233|
|The liabilities outstanding at 31/3/2025|||
|amounted to £3,134 and relates to livery costs,|||
|coaching costs, school hire and vet’s fees.|||




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Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group 

SC010604 

## Notes to the Accounts 

1. The funds have been distributed around the various accounts and banks to ensure that the Financial Services Compensation limit of £85,000 is not exceeded. 

2. No remuneration has been paid to a charity trustee or a person connected to a charity trustee. 

3. No expenses were paid to any of the charity trustees. 

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Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group 

SC010604 

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Riding for the Disabled Aberdeen Group 

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 1 to 5. 

## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner 

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.  The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply.  It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## Basis of independent examiner’s statement 

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations.  An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. 

## Independent examiner’s statement 

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention 

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulation 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been met, or 

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 


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