01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC028651
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG7 2PB
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 16 March 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC028651 Nithsdale Group Riding for the Disabled Association, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 24 November 1998
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To give children and adults with any disability the opportunity to learn to rida and be around horses in a safe environment
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
- 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 ('the Company') by providing disabled people with the opportunity to ride and/or to carriage drive to benefit their health and wellbeing in the Nithsdale and Stewarty area
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £1,893 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,527 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 15 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £7,477 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,696 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 13 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1,874 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5,568 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £8,072 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,019 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 15 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £836 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,931 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 25 January 2023 |
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
- Gardeners Cottage, Balmaghie, Castle Douglas, dumfries and galloway
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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