The Alkham Valley Community Project and Therapeutic Riding Centre

Analysis

The Alkham Valley Community Project and Therapeutic Riding Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Alkham Valley Community Project and Therapeutic Riding Centre reported income of £213k and spending of £241k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £244k to £213k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Alkham Valley Community Project and Therapeutic Riding Centre sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Columba's Church Day Centre (£213k), Youth Shedz (£213k) and Trinity in Camberwell (£213k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.