Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

OVERWATER WHEELYBOAT SERVICES

The provision of community transport facilities in and around Audlem in Cheshire for people who have special need of such facilities because they are elderly, poor or disabled, people with young children or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate means of public transport.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£14	£7	£7	n/a
31/12/22	£9	£8	£1	n/a
31/12/21	£5	£5	£0	n/a
31/12/20	£8	£7	£0	n/a
31/12/19	£36	£46	£-10	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

01270811454

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Transport and storage activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Overwater Wheelyboat Services
£2,235	22/10/2022	We would like to install an IT-based Document Management System, to improve our booking and recording processes, which will benefit our service users and volunteers.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Restarting Wheelyboat and Wheelybus trips
£644	26/04/2021	Overwater Wheelyboat Services provides wheelchair accessible canal pleasure trips to anyone with limited mobility with the support of our wheelchair accessible minibus which is also used to transport disabled people around south Cheshire for ....more Overwater Wheelyboat Services provides wheelchair accessible canal pleasure trips to anyone with limited mobility with the support of our wheelchair accessible minibus which is also used to transport disabled people around south Cheshire for education or leisure. During the COVID-19 outbreak, they have only been able to offer very few people any leisure trips to relieve their social isolation, and only essential medical trips so far this year. They are planning to launch the Wheelyboat and begin to offer minibus trips sometime in July or August this year, which will require them to service the Wheelyboat, purchase a canal licence and prepare the minibus seat storage trailer.These services will be a very desirable break from the long months of restricted socialisation with small groups able to visit the countryside canal environments or just visit friends and relatives at suitable venues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Overwater Wheelybus Project
£9,886	17/08/2018 12	The charity will buy an adapted minibus to complement their adapted canal boat for wheelchair users and others with reduced mobility. The project aims to provide transport services not only for users of the boat, but also for people to access ....more The charity will buy an adapted minibus to complement their adapted canal boat for wheelchair users and others with reduced mobility. The project aims to provide transport services not only for users of the boat, but also for people to access health, social and other services and events.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Overwater Wheelybus Service
£4,185	03/05/2018	Overwater Wheelybus Services provide wheelchair transport so that those in need can enjoy a trip into Audlem and take advantage of the Wheelyboat and The Audlem Lass whilst also meeting some needs for transport identified by Audlem Medical Practice. ....more Overwater Wheelybus Services provide wheelchair transport so that those in need can enjoy a trip into Audlem and take advantage of the Wheelyboat and The Audlem Lass whilst also meeting some needs for transport identified by Audlem Medical Practice. The aim of the project is to improve the social experience and quality of life for local people with mobility issues. The grant will be used as a contribution towards the purchase of a suitable minibus vehicle to use for these trips.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGUS RICHARD MAUGHAN Appointed: 2018

JOHN ROBERT HUMPHRIES Appointed: 2018

KENNETH MICHAEL VLASTO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL DEAN COOKSON F.C.A Appointed: 2018

MICHAEL WILLIAM HARTHERN Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/07/2018, number: 1179021

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE LONG HOUSE
KINSEY HEATH
AUDLEM
CREWE
CW3 0DR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION IN AND AROUND AUDLEM IN CHESHIRE AMONG THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH LIMITED MOBILITY AND SPECIAL NEEDS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSE-BOUND, OR WHO ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE OR EASILY ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT, BY THE PROVISION OF A TRANSPORT SERVICE TO AND FROM RECREATIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND OUTINGS AND SOCIAL TRIPS INCLUDING TRANSPORT TO AND FROM HOME USING SUITABLY ADAPTED MODES OF TRANSPORT.2) TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN AND AROUND AUDLEM IN CHESHIRE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR OR DISABLED, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE MEANS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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