01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC049013
- 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
- KW17 2ET
OSCR note: This charity was established to replace Riding For The Disabled Association Orkney Group-SC028629 Riding For The Disabled Association Orkney Group-SC028629 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Orkney RDA (SCIO) – SC049013 which is a SCIO
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Charity's purpose is to give children and adults who reside in Orkney and who have mental or physical disabilities, the opportunity to ride. To improve their health and wellbeing by delivering a real and lasting therapy that not only benefits mobility and co-ordination, but encourages confidence and self-worth.
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
4. 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 Orkney area.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,655 | £1,945 | 0 | 2 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,938 | £2,136 | 0 | 5 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,891 | £2,671 | 0 | 8 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,185 | £2,518 | 0 | 9 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,187 | £684 | 0 | 13 December 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
- Burness, Firth, Finstown, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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