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WEST LOTHIAN RIDING FOR THE DISABLED

SC049451Registered charity from 17 July 2019
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This SCIO has been set up to replace West Lothian & District Riding For The Disabled Association Group Incorporating Carriage Driving (SC028635). West Lothian & District Riding For The Disabled Association Group Incorporating Carriage Driving (SC028635). has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to SC049451 - WEST LOTHIAN RIDING FOR THE DISABLED which is a SCIO.
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By WEST LOTHIAN RDA
Address 11 Murieston Drive
Livingston
Postcode EH54 9AU
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.westlothianrda.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
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 West Lothian, Falkirk and City of Edinburgh area.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
West Lothian RDA is part of a network of approximately 400 groups in the UK that offer therapeutic riding sessions for adults and young people with physical and/or learning difficulties. Our activities focus on working with horses, which provides benefits such as freedom of movement, confidence-building, and life-enhancing therapy. Participants experience improvements in muscle strength, balance, and motor skills in an outdoor environment. The RDA's inclusive environment caters to participants of all abilities, with coaches and support teams ensuring individual goals are met during sessions. Our season runs from April to October, with 10 weekly sessions lasting 30 minutes each. As a member of the National Riding for the Disabled Association, West Lothian RDA operates as an independent charity regulated by OSCR
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 17 Jul 2019
Main Operating Location: West Lothian
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Charity Trustees: 7
Number of Volunteers: 101-250
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"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £4,131 £19,263 08 Aug 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £29,746 £41,924 28 Jun 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £34,454 £29,807 28 Jun 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £45,574 £45,332 08 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £53,183 £56,777 29 Jul 2025 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Lorraine Gillies
Frances Walkinshaw
Jacqui Brockway
Claire Bell
Joanne Whittem
Claire McIntosh
Neil McIntosh
Colin Whyte
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