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riding for the disabled association incorporating carriage driving

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other charities or voluntary bodies. Riding For The Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Bristol and operates in England And Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

RDA is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities, through the provision of opportunities for riding and/or carriage driving by 500 Member Groups, the charity enables people to improve their health and wellbeing, or to achieve their goals by riding and carriage driving. The National body promotes, supports and advises member Groups

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,404,971
Latest Expenditure
£2,722,110

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 93.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 82.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 26.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,962,867
Charitable Activities £166,446
Other Trading £51,127
Investments £99,193
Other Income £125,338

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £2,249,012
Raising Funds £473,098
Governance £235,583
Grants to Institutions £103,267
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£2,404,971£2,722,110£2,249,012£6,974,748£1,400,06737 / 347
2023£2,365,301£2,499,918£2,029,602£7,197,632£504,64035 / 382
2022£2,266,750£1,966,668£1,562,166£7,847,539£2,172,77933 / 341
2021£2,273,118£1,653,645£1,288,183£7,449,406£2,004,44832 / 400
2020£2,092,975£2,260,205£1,709,273£6,322,810£913,06235 / 500

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers