Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Volatile income -1
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 0

ALFORD CAR TRANSPORT SERVICE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22	31/12/23
Total income	£22,349	£21,505	£16,625	£12,362	£10,797	£9,003	£10,982
Total spending	£12,030	£13,176	£10,380	£5,464	£5,828	£8,196	£8,949
Surplus/deficit	£10,319	£8,329	£6,245	£6,898	£4,969	£807	£2,033

Established: 24 years

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Transport and storage activities

Purposes

The advancement of citizenship or community development

Where it operates

Aberdeenshire

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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 Alford Car Transport Service
£4,530	23/10/2021	Money would be spent on mileage allowances, insurance, stationery, upgrading wheelchairs and charity disabled badges, so our volunteer drivers can take people in need to medical appointments.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Car Transport Service
£4,224	24/10/2020	Our project will allow patients, most often elderly, to attend out-patient appointments at hospitals, surgeries and dental practices.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Car Transport Service
£5,891	15/11/2019	We provide transportation that allows patients, most often elderly, to attend appointments at hospitals, surgeries and dental practices.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Car Transport Service
£4,005	29/11/2017	We need insurance, telephones and upgraded wheelchairs amongst other things to meet the needs of elderly, infirm, disabled persons.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Car Transport Service
£3,292	04/08/2017	Our project enables vulnerable patients in rural Alford to attend appointments at hospitals, dentists and doctors - help us continue.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 19/05/2000, number: SC030147

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Springfield, 6 Bank Terrace, Alford, AB33 8TT

Objectives

OBJECTS To relieve the individual needs of persons who are elderly, infirm, disabled or other persons who are otherwise in need of assistance within Alford and its environs by providing through the use of volunteer drivers transport to enable the aforesaid people to attend medical, health and similar related appointments and to enable those persons to make visits to relatives, and relatives to visit such persons, especially in remote areas, where public or family transport is unavailable or inappropriate.

Data Sources

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