01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC028676
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 51-100 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- AB51 0LU
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 12/06/2014 as a result of a change to SCIO application by Riding For The Disabled Association Gordon Group (SC028676) which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 03/11/1998.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We provide a variety of pony-based activities, but our main activity is our Ridden Sessions.
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
To promote the objects of the Riding for the Disabled Association incorporating carriage driving a charity registered under Charity Number SC039473 ('the Association') by providing disabled people with the opportunity to ride and/or to carriage drive to benefit their health and well being in the Central Aberdeenshire area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | £100,848 | £102,449 | 1 | 29 April 2026 |
| 31 July 2024 | £83,276 | £114,219 | 1 | 29 April 2025 |
| 31 July 2023 | £59,113 | £66,996 | 1 | 30 April 2024 |
| 31 July 2022 | £29,448 | £72,284 | 1 | 30 April 2023 |
| 31 July 2021 | £91,436 | £54,059 | 1 | 29 April 2022 |
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
- Tweed-dale, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.gordonrda.org/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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