ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH RIDING SCHOOLS

Charity Number: 1158748
Charity reporting is up to date (10 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The promotion of participation by persons in the United Kingdom (both able-bodied and with any form of disability and of all ages) in healthy recreation in horse riding through education and in providing advice to riding schools and livery yards in respect of regulation, welfare and safety issues.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £177,453
Total expenditure: £110,486

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Australia
  • France
  • Guernsey
  • Northern Ireland
  • Portugal
  • Scotland
  • Spain

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 October 2014: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • ABRS (Working name)
Company number:
03186520 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rudina Suti Trustee 09 January 2023
None on record
Carolyn Fiddes Trustee 11 October 2021
None on record
Debbie Parker Trustee 19 November 2020
None on record
George Albert Baber Trustee 10 October 2016
None on record
Jane Lesley Williams Trustee 10 October 2016
None on record
JULIE PEDLEY Trustee 27 March 2014
None on record
PAULA LEVERTON Trustee 27 March 2014
None on record
CAROL ANN BOULTON Trustee 27 March 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £85.88k £74.22k £77.97k £89.72k £177.45k
Total expenditure £87.98k £61.92k £81.64k £81.81k £110.49k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 10 February 2025 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 10 February 2025 10 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 May 2024 106 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 16 May 2024 106 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 22 April 2022 81 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 22 April 2022 81 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 28 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 28 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/04/1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02/09/2014

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF PARTICIPATION BY PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (BOTH ABLE-BODIED AND WITH ANY FORM OF DISABILITY AND OF ALL AGES) IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN HORSE RIDING THROUGH EDUCATION AND IN PROVIDING ADVICE TO RIDING SCHOOLS IN RESPECT OF REGULATION, WELFARE AND SAFETY ISSUES BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) WORKING TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF (I) INSTRUCTION; (II) HORSEMANSHIP; AND (III) THE WELFARE OF HORSES AND PONIES, ALL TO FOSTER BETTER ENJOYMENT BY PARTICIPANTS IN EQUESTRIAN RIDING, AND THE SAFETY OF BOTH PARTICIPANTS AND HORSES; (B) ACTING GENERALLY AS AN ADVISORY BODY TO PROPRIETORS AND MANAGERS OF RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS, TO FOSTER ENHANCED LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE AND INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT BENEFIT PARTICIPANTS (BOTH ABLE-BODIED AND WITH ANY FORM OF DISABILITY) IN EQUESTRIAN RIDING; (C) PROVIDING ADVICE, EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE TO PARTICIPANTS IN EQUESTRIAN RIDING (WHETHER OWNERS OF HORSES, RIDERS OR COACHES) AND, IN PARTICULAR, ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG AND DISABLED PERSONS AS PARTICIPANTS IN SUCH WAYS SO AS TO IMPROVE THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM (INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE); (D) WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR EQUESTRIAN RIDING (BRITISH EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION) TO IMPLEMENT THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUESTRIANISM; AND (E) DOING ANYTHING WHICH IS CALCULATED TO FURTHER ANY OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR IS CONDUCIVE OR INCIDENTAL TO DOING SO, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Contact information

Address:
Blenheim Business Centre
Smithers Hill
Shipley
West SUSSEX
RH13 8PP
Phone:
01403 741188
Email:
office@abrs-info.org
Website:

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