Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SUSSEX

Community Transport Sussex provides transport services and support to the residents & community groups across West Sussex and it's envirions, with the aim of relieving socail isolation and loneliness. Those services are aimed at all those people who, by way of; disability, age, mobility problems, financial disadvantage, rural or other isolation factor, find it difficult to access public transport.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£1,542£1,669£-127£47£646£5994.3980
31/03/22£1,484£1,218£266£10£773£7417.38015
31/03/21*£1,190£928£261£3£508£3224.27415
31/03/20£910£1,034£-124£30£246£971.1840
31/03/19£873£944£-72£12£370£2122.79022
31/03/18*£753£854£-100£8£442£2683.8940
31/03/17*£520£458£63£3£542£3479.1780

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 9 years

ctsussex.org.uk

enquiry@ctsussex.org.uk

01444471177

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Transport and storage activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
Sussex Community Foundation£52,436
DCMS£33,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,800
Department for Transport£8,870
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Community Transport Sussex
£5,000 08/03/2024
12
Funding was provided for project delivery costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Community Transport Sussex CIO
£10,000 26/07/2023
Funding was provided towards a new electric vehicle.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Community Transport Sussex CIO
£9,942 11/11/2022
Funding was provided for the salary of a Volunteer Coordinator, training and expenses for a new Travel Buddy Scheme devloped in partnership with CHAMPS PCN.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Transport Sussex – Travel Buddies
£10,000 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to run a travel buddy scheme which will match an isolated or vulnerable person with a volunteer who will support them to use community transport so they can access local services. The project aims to increase independence ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Community Transport Sussex – Travel Buddies
£9,994 26/01/2022
Funding was provided towards a new Travel Buddies scheme. Matching an isolated or vulnerable person with a volunteer Travel Buddy, providing them company and support to use transport to enable them to access shopping, wellbeing, healthcare and other ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community Transport Sussex
£3,402 23/10/2021
We provide an essential door-to-door community transport service for the disabled and vulnerable. We hope to sustain this service which has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Community Transport Sussex CIO
£7,500 12/03/2021
9
Funding was provided to run and increase their service for older and/or disabled people who have been isolated and those who have had to stay at home shielding during the pandemic.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Community Transport Sussex CIO
£5,000 24/08/2020
Funding will be used to partially offset their reduction in income during the lockdown period, and the reduced capacity due to social distancing measures.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,000 03/07/2020
"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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Community Transport Sussex CIO
£5,000 26/05/2020
CT Sussex is a transportation service provided for those in the local community who for various reasons, cannot use or access mainstream transport. The fleet of accessible minibuses transport for older, disabled and disadvantaged people. Helping ....more
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£8,870 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators for running services under tender to local ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - IT upgrade to expand services
£9,800 21/02/2020
11
The organisation will use funding to install a new IT system in order to coordinate and expand its community transport services, which allow community engagement and reduce social isolation.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • ANDREW NORMAN BROCK Appointed: 2016
  • DAVID SACHON Appointed: 2016
  • GIRISH BHAI PATEL Appointed: 2016
  • JOHN PUDDUCK Appointed: 2021
  • LYNN AUDREY LAMBERT Appointed: 2016
  • RAYMOND LESTER OSGOOD Appointed: 2016
  • TERENCE JACK HARPER Appointed: 2016
  • YANN DAVIES (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2016, number: 1165527
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR21: 38 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HORSHAM DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT on 27/07/2023
  • Asset transfer in from DIAL-A-RIDE SOUTHERN SERVICES on 28/02/2024
Main office

Wivelsden Farm
North Common Road
North Chailey
East Sussex
BN8 4EH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE, FOR SUCH INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF CRAWLEY AND THE DISTRICTS OF MID SUSSEX, HORSHAM AND ENVIRONS, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL) OR POVERTY OR A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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