01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC028645
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- G82 5HG
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 17/07/2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC028645 Gareloch Group Riding For The Disabled Association, which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 17/07/2013.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Our charity provides opportunities for people of all ages, disabilities or those whose lives are impacted by negative effects on mental health, to benefit from having contact with or working with horses, and can also include riding or carriage driving.
Charitable purposes
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation's purpose is to promote the objects of the Riding for the Disabled Association incorporating Carriage Driving (Company No 5010395) a charity registered under Charity Number SC039473 (lithe Company') by providing disabled people with the opportunity to ride and/or to carriage drive to benefit their health and wellbeing in the Helensburgh & Lochside, Dumbarton, Vale of Leven, Clydebank and surrounding Areas.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £75,047 | £69,736 | 0 | 3 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £57,842 | £61,429 | 0 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £62,434 | £62,653 | 0 | 5 June 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £41,782 | £72,407 | 0 | 12 September 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £44,944 | £32,045 | 0 | 23 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Gareloch RDA Cabin, C/o Colgrain Equestrain Centre, Cardross, West Dunbartonshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- garelochrda.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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