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The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy

The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy is a registered charity (number 1045352) based in Christchurch, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Lord Manners since 2013. Latest income £3.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £3.7m (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.fortune.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.7m£3.9m
  • 2024£3.8m£3.8m
  • 2023£3.7m£3.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.4m£3.1m
  • 2021£2.6m£2.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 95% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, DISABILITIES AND OTHER PARTICULAR SPECIAL NEEDS BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND THERAPY THROUGH RIDING HORSES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES AND, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WITH THE INTENTION THAT THE SKILLS LEARNED AROUND, ON AND WITH HORSES, ARE TRANSFERRED INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF, AND AN ABILITY IN, SKILLS NECESSARY FOR DAILY LIFE AND WELLBEING.

Grants received

2 grants · £7,877 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,780
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,097

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,0972022-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,7802006-08-21
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

5.4y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8Disability 7General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 6Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

86 from 72 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
96%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1045352
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/03/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/11/2013
Companies House
Company number 03031713 · Active
Contact on the register
01425673297 · enquiries@fcrt.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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