Registered charity · No. 1070142Charitable company
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Riding Lights
Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Riding Lights is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science.
Riding Lights (number 1070142) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Riding Lights do?
Productions, performances and special events - from small scale to major touring productions.Short filmsYouth TheatreResidential Summer SchoolSpecial education projectsDrama training and teaching
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Riding Lights
Answers Riding Lights gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Riding Lights's highest-paid staff paid?
Riding Lights's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Riding Lights as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Riding Lights's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
Why is there no Clarity Score for Riding Lights yet?
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The register data used for this profile lists Riding Lights as a registered charity (number 1070142) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Riding Lights's charity number?
Riding Lights's charity number is 1070142. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1070142?
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What does Riding Lights do?
Productions, performances and special events - from small scale to major touring productions.Short filmsYouth TheatreResidential Summer SchoolSpecial education projectsDrama training and teaching
Does Riding Lights have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Riding Lights. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Riding Lights?
Riding Lights's website listed in our register data is http://www.ridinglights.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Riding Lights's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Riding Lights's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Riding Lights?
The register records Riding Lights as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Riding Lights's trustees paid?
Riding Lights's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Riding Lights registered as a charity?
Riding Lights was entered on the register on 23 June 1998. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03573945).