Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

RYEDALE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT CIO

Ryedale Community Transport CIO provides a community based transport service for the residents of Ryedale, Scarborough & Whitby, District of Selby and the City of York, who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness, disability, poverty or because of lack of availability of adequate and safe public transport services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£522£512£10£5£412£21552470
31/03/22£514£467£48£6£402£2135.52446
31/03/21£392£406£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£432£409£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£446£357£89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£422£378£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£415£400£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£377£398£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£355£365£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£399£387£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£392£382£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£316£332£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£349£353£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£601£452£148£95£245£701.9180
31/03/09£330£366£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£281£331£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£395£319£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£250£225£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.ryedalect.org

post@ryedalect.org

01653699059

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Transport and storage activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£203,000
DCMS£32,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£6,023
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 22/10/2021
The Ryedale Rover Ring & Ride service
National Lottery Community Fund - The Ryedale Rover Service
£203,000 25/01/2021
59
The organisation provides affordable rural transport solutions for people who are disadvantaged because of physical or mental disability geographically isolated or through deprivation and poverty. Funding will go towards developing the ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ryedale Community Transport
£6,023 24/10/2020
We aim to purchase a low floor vehicle built to carry four wheelchairs so we can take disabled and elderly people on day trips.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,500 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid 19
£10,000 20/05/2020
Funding for staffing, volunteer costs, and safety equipment to be able to provide essential travel (e.g. to hospital and doctors appointments) for those who can't access mainstream travel in a rurally isolated area.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£78,000 05/10/2018
Rural Access All Areas' - Community Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) project
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Rural Wheels - Access All Areas' - Wheelchair accessible community
£10,000 14/06/2018
12
The group will co-ordinate and extend the provision of wheelchair accessible transport support to the rural population. This will enable more disabled people to access local services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ryedale Rural Community Transport
£276,220 12/06/2013
60
This is a continuation of an existing project that provides a community transport service to people living in the rural area of Ryedale. The aim is to improve and expand the services better meeting the needs of the local residents. The project ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ryecat Limited
£16,000 27/04/2012
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National Lottery Community Fund - North Yorkshire Wheels 2 Work
£253,279 10/02/2010
60
This continuation of an existing project will provide transport for rural inhabitants and promote independence through increased mobility, increased prospect of employment and reduced isolation. The project provides scooters for loan enabling ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNE WILSON Appointed: 2021
  • DAVID CHARLES YELLEN Appointed: 2019
  • ELIZABETH ELLEN WEBB Appointed: 2021
  • JOHN CUNNINGHAM Appointed: 2023
  • JUNE SHEILA MILLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • PHILIP ANDREW RICHARDSON MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • SANDRA DAWN SIMPSON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2005, number: 1109232
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ryedale Community Transport
2 Minster Court
Hugden Way
Norton
Malton
YO17 9NJ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANISATION IS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF RYEDALE, SCARBOROUGH & WHITBY AND SELBY DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORKSHIRE AND OF THE CITY OF YORK, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

RYEDALE, SCARBOROUGH , WHITBY AND SELBY DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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