The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders

Analysis

The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carshalton. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03042659). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders reported income of £578k and spending of £484k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £338k to £578k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wrexham Hospital League of Friends (£578k), Etc Youth Ltd (£578k) and An Hour for Others (£578k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44%, donations and legacies 37%, trading 9.6% and investments 9.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £36k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 45 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.