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Registered charity · No. 1113636 · EnglandiSource and licenceOfficial record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 25 October 2026.Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle data

The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding

Income
£74k
▲ 4.3% on 2024
Expenditure
£111k
▼ 1.2% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
9
4.1y av 8 of 9 known
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
65
▼ 25 volunteers on 2024
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Overview

The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding's network

9 people2 organisationsi9 listed on the board. 2 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.

The board

9 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Deborah BennettChair2019
7 yrs
Barbara WilbrahamTrustee2026
new
Corinne Veronica BundyTrustee2024
2 yrs
Jane Mary BurchTrustee2026
new
Joanne Kelly GoodliffTrustee2025
1 yr
Louise ReynoldsTrustee2020
6 yrs
Mrs Jan DerbyshireTrustee
Sarah Ann TyrellTrustee2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 9 →

Board

The board

9 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
NameRoleSinceOn the board
Deborah BennettChair2019
7 yrs
Barbara WilbrahamTrustee2026
new
Corinne Veronica BundyTrustee2024
2 yrs
Jane Mary BurchTrustee2026
new
Joanne Kelly GoodliffTrustee2025
1 yr
Louise ReynoldsTrustee2020
6 yrs
Mrs Jan DerbyshireTrustee
Sarah Ann TyrellTrustee2020
6 yrs
Sarah RixonTrustee2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Wendy Keay Toogood (2015-2026), Mrs. Jennifer Aldir (2008-2015), Tony Michael Dack (2006-2008). Full officer list

Board DNA

iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.
Average tenure
3.8y
median 4y
Longest tenure
8y
since 2018
Years in governance
8y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
8
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
4
of 8 on the board

9 trustees on the board

Trustees past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

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

Disability 9Education/training 9Amateur Sport 8Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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

Health and social care 8Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

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Network

Network

iThe large node is The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.

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Finances

5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.

Income and expenditure

5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.
Series shown: Totals
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k20252024202320222021£73.69k£110.58k£2.71k

Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.

Income and expenditure by financial year, oldest on the left, newest on the right
Financial year20212022202320242025
Totals
Total income£145.72k£136.00k£198.74k£70.66k£73.69k
Total expenditure£69.84k£101.00k£96.91k£111.95k£110.58k
Government income
Government contractsNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Government grantsNot reportedNot reported£3.50k£1.00k£2.71k
Definitions
Total income
Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
Total expenditure
Everything the charity spent in the year.
Government contracts
Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
Government grants
Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
Donations and legacies
Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
Legacies
Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
Charitable activities (income)
Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
Other trading activities
Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
Investments
Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
Endowments
New endowment funds received in the year.
Charitable activities (expenditure)
Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
Raising funds
The cost of fundraising and trading.
Grants to institutions
Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
Governance
The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
Investment management
The cost of managing the charity's investments.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Assets, liabilities and funds

Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.

Accounts and annual returns

Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.

Reporting up to date

Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.

The Charity Commission register said “Charity reporting is up to date (on time)” when we last checked, on 30 October 2026.

Annual returns and accounts by financial year, newest first
Year endingDue byAnnual returnAccountsStatusDocuments
31 March 202531 January 20266 November 20256 November 2025On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202431 January 20259 January 20259 January 2025On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202331 January 202412 January 202412 January 2024On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202231 January 202326 January 202326 January 2023On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF
31 March 202131 January 202215 January 202216 July 2021On timeAccounts (opens in a new tab)Charity Commission, PDFAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF

Accounts filed at Companies House

Company 05668971 has made 20 accounts filings since 2007. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.

Accounts filed at Companies House, newest first
Made up toFiled onTypeDocument
31 March 202610 August 2026Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages
31 March 20257 November 2025Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages
31 March 202427 August 2024Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)24 pages
31 March 20232 August 2023Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages
31 March 202226 July 2022Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)24 pages
31 March 202123 July 2021Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages
31 March 202014 August 2020Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages
31 March 201930 July 2019Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages
31 March 201817 July 2018Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages
31 March 20177 August 2017Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages
31 March 201621 July 2016Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 201527 July 2015Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 20145 September 2014Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 201329 July 2013Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 201210 July 2012Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 201125 July 2011Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 201025 August 2010Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages
31 March 20092 October 2009Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages
31 March 200825 June 2008Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages
31 March 200718 October 2007Total exemption full accountsView PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages
Definitions
Annual return
The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
Accounts
The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
On time
Received on or before the due date.
Late
Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
Overdue
Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
Qualified accounts
The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.

Grants

Funding received

4 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 17 February 2022 to 15 December 2023.
Total from published grants
£13k
£12,500
Grants
4
published to 360Giving
Funders
4
distinct funders
Latest grant
Dec 2023
15 December 2023

By year

iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.

Funders

4 funders
FunderGrantsTotalYears
Sport England1£5,5002022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport1£5,5002022
SHAREGIFT1£1,0002023
Freemasons' Charity1£5002022

Grants

newest first
DateFunderTitleAmount
15 December 2023SHAREGIFTDistribution ID30£1,000
30 March 2022Department for Digital, Culture, Media & SportALB-Sport England-Storm 22: The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding£5,500
30 March 2022Sport EnglandStorm 22: The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding£5,500
17 February 2022Freemasons' CharityFreemasons' Charity Matched Funding£500

Who published this data

Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.

About

Purposes and governing document

Register page (opens in a new tab)

Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.

TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS OF THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING A CHARITY REGISTERED UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 244108 ("RDA") BY PROVIDING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR TO CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN THE SUFFOLK AND ESSEX AREA

What it does

  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Amateur sport

Who it helps

  • Children/young people
  • People with disabilities

How it helps

  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
Local authority: Suffolk
Area of benefit
SUFFOLK as filed
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JANUARY 2006 as filed
Register history
  • 6 April 2006Registered

Policies the charity says it has

  • Risk management
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Governing documents at Companies House

  • 26 November 2007Memorandum and articles
  • 26 November 2007Resolution
  • 9 January 2006Incorporation documents

Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.

About

Website
www.shelleyrda.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding
Registered
2006

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