2025-08-31-accounts

STRATHEARN RDA GROUP known as RIDEAWAY

Scottish Charity No — SC028609

Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st August 2025

Trustees’ AnnualReport

For the year ended 31 August 2025

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31st August 2025.

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Name

Strathearn RDA Group SCIO known as Rideaway

Charity No

SC028609

Current Trustees

Betsy Vielhaber Chair Janet Denholm Treasurer Jacqui Yardley Secretary Frances Casey Safeguarding Officer Sarah Basford Shona Cramb Catriona Watson Margaret McEwan Elspeth Walker Jean Wilson

Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 August 2025

	Year Ended	Year Ended
	31/08/2025	31/08/2024
Receipts
Fundraising	£1,310.00	£1,229.50
Donations	£2,100.00	£20.00
Riding Lessons	£1,498.00	£528.00
Total Receipts	£4,908.00	£1,777.50
Payments
Insurance and RDA Membership	£522.00	£477.00
Travel, Trainingand Equipment	£74.60	£93.00
Riding Charges	£3,057.50	£3,380.00
Total Payments	£3,654.10	£3,950.00
Surplus/Deficit for Year	£1,253.90	-£2,172.50
Statement of Balances
Balance Brought Forward At 1/9/2023	£1,294.87	£3,467.37
Add Surplus (deficit) foryear	£1,253.90	-£2,172.50
	£2,548.77	£1,294.87
Represented by
Balance at Bank at 31/8/2025	£2,522.78	£1,268.88
Petty Cash Balance at 31/8/2025	£25.99	£25.99
	£2,548.77	£1,294.87

All funds are restricted

Notes to the accounts

1 Accounting Policies - Basis of Preparation

• The accounts are prepared on a cash basis.

2 Restricted Funds

Funds are used to provide equipment and reduce the cost of riding lessons for eligible riders.

Structure, Governance and Management Constitution

The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 29 November 2013. The charity was previously an unincorporated association but changed its legal form to a SCIO. The assets ofthe unincorporated association were transferred to the SCIO on the 29 November 2013. It has a single tier structure and as such the trustees are the members of the charity.

Appointment of trustees

The management committee are the charity's trustees. Trustees are elected at the annual general meeting which is held in November.

Objectives and Activities

Charitable purposes

To enable adults and children with additional support needs to enjoy riding and equine experiences at affordable rates.

Activities

The charity provides half hour riding lessons, weekly on Wednesdays during school term time, with RDA Qualified instructors at CrieffHydro Riding Centre. Pupils from Crieff High School, Crieff Primary School, Braco Primary School and, Madderty School have lessons at 10.30, 11.00, 11.30 and 12pm. One adult and other individual riders also join the classes, space permitting. The charity contributes £4 of the £10 cost of each lesson.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover running costs and any unusual expenditure.

Independentexaminer's report to the

Trustees of the Strathearn RDA Group SC028609

I report on the accounts ofthe charity for the year 31* August 2025 which are attached.

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 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.

My examination is carried out inaccordance with Regulation 11 ofthe Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes areview ofthe accountingrecords kept by the charity and acomparison ofthe accounts presented with those records. Italso includes consideration ofany unusual items or disclosures inthe accounts andseeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters.The procedures undertaken donot provideall the evidence that would be required inan audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.

Inthe course ofmy examination, no matter has come to my attention

1. which gives mereasonablecauseto believethat inany material respectthe requirements:

2. ¢ tokeepaccountingrecords inaccordancewith section 44(1)(a)ofthe2005 Act and Regulation4 ofthe 2006 Accounts Regulations, and

3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

have not been met, or

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

Name: A Johnston Brown ¥

Address: Alva, 1 Dundurn Walk, St Fillans, Crieff, PH6 2NA Date 2) Detoloor J0asCc