The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving

Registered charity 244108 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 11Business services 3Education 3

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£3.9m 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.

6.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.5 in 2021

37 from 32 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rda.org.uk
Emailinfo@rda.org.uk
Phone01926492915
Addressc/o Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA

Finances

£3,924,523 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,273,118£1,653,645
2022£2,266,750£1,966,668
2023£2,365,301£2,499,918
2024£2,404,971£2,722,110
2025£3,924,523£2,944,586

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity (Objects) are to benefit the health and wellbeing of disabled people through the opportunity to ride and/or carriage drive, and be involved with related equine activities including equine assisted services.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 08 JANUARY 2004 AS AFFECTED BY A UNITING DIRECTION MADE ON 16 JANUARY 2004 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 16 NOVEMBER 2006, 10 APRIL 2007 AND 14 NOVEMBER 2007 AND 12 NOVEMBER 2010 as amended on 06 Nov 2020 as amended on 13 Mar 2026

Trustees (9)

9trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving · 05010395 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/01/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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