Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION UK 

The CTA is a UK-wide charity providing leadership, learning and enterprise support to member organisations in civil society which deliver innovative and flexible transport solutions to achieve social change in their communities. We promote excellence through training, e-based resources, publications, advice, consultancy events and project support on voluntary, community & accessible transport.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 33 years

www.ctauk.org

info@ctauk.org

0161 351 1475

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,526£1,592£-66£75£1,022£6094.6210
31/03/22£4,050£3,588£462£106£1,088£6282.1180
31/03/21£1,074£952£121£118£626£3764.7170
31/03/20£1,218£1,182£36£77£504£3083.1180
31/03/19£1,059£1,220£-161£108£468£2812.8200
31/03/18£1,357£3,012£-1,655£133£629£2481180
31/03/17£3,202£1,151£2,051£122£2,284£2552.7190
31/03/16£1,258£1,156£103£128£233£1171.2210
31/03/15£1,197£1,228£-32£72£151£1311.3170
31/03/14£1,153£1,127£26£73£183£1511.6220
31/03/13*£1,264£1,459£-195£76£157£1050.9280
31/03/12£1,606£1,540£66£73£353£2952.3270
31/03/11£1,745£1,693£52£241£287£2641.9320
31/03/10£1,923£1,807£116£297£235£2141.4310
31/03/09£1,692£1,793£-101£410£119£970.7300
31/03/08£1,996£1,999£-3£401£220£2081.3290
31/03/07£1,821£1,852£-32£162£223£1180.8290
31/03/06*£1,759£1,709£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,226£1,176£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,612£1,635£-23£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 21 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - New Community Bus Services in Scotland
£10,000 19/06/2013
New Community Bus Services in Scotland
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Community Transport Association UK
£339,560 19/05/2009
36
Towards Project costs Towards grant funding to eight community transport organisations and a contribution to the costsof a programme that will strengthen their operational and financial capacity.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/03/1991, number: 1002222
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 22 days late,
Main office

91 PRINCESS STREET
MANCHESTER
M1 4HT

Objectives

The objects of the CIO are to relieve age, financial hardship, ill-health or disability by the provision of education and support to charitable bodies or persons who supply transport to groups or individuals in need of such relief. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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