Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving

Analysis

Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1965, 61 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 05010395). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving reported income of £3.9m and spending of £2.9m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £3.9m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey Crossroads (£3.9m), The Biochemical Society (£3.9m) and Duchenne UK (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88%, charitable activities 4.4%, investments 3.7% and trading 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.3m. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £31k. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.