Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 5

BUZZER BUSES (DIAL A RIDE) LTD

Provision of transport for the elderly or disabled who are unable to use a regular bus service because of sickness, disability, age or poverty or because of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services. Training of other groups drivers for midas certificate.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£239	£238	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22	£255	£227	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21	£246	£212	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20	£233	£213	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19	£208	£212	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18	£210	£241	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£230	£248	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£262	£260	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£262	£270	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£273	£282	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£287	£290	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£286	£317	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£260	£239	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£219	£226	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£209	£205	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£176	£170	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£168	£154	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£214	£171	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.buzzerbuses.co.uk

buzzerbuses@btconnect.com

01525853566

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Transportation and storage activities

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£84,080
Masonic Trust	£15,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,090

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Drivers Core Funding
£54,080	30/08/2023	Funding will be used to continue a wheelchair community transport service in Leighton Linslade by covering the salary of a driver over two years. The project will provide safe accessible transport ....more Funding will be used to continue a wheelchair community transport service in Leighton Linslade by covering the salary of a driver over two years. The project will provide safe accessible transport to those in need due to age ill health or disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bus Replacement Project
£10,000	28/07/2022	The funding will be used to purchase a new wheelchair accessible minibus which will transport older people with mobility issues. The project aims to enable people to access local services and social ....more The funding will be used to purchase a new wheelchair accessible minibus which will transport older people with mobility issues. The project aims to enable people to access local services and social support.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Buzzer Buses (Dial-a-Ride) Ltd
£4,090	23/10/2021	Our aim is to continue to provide low cost transport and days out for elderly and disabled people in the community, taking them to locations they would otherwise not be able to get to.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bus Replacement Program
£10,000	09/07/2021	The funding will be used to replace one of the buses used to transport older people and others with mobility issues. The project aims to help reduce isolation and rebuild community relationships in ....more The funding will be used to replace one of the buses used to transport older people and others with mobility issues. The project aims to help reduce isolation and rebuild community relationships in the wake of the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bus Replacement
£10,000	11/07/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to help replace one of the buses used to transport older people and others with mobility issues, helping reduce isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 68-74

NEVILLE JEPHCOTE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

DAVID ROY PIPKIN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager

JOHN JOSEPH O'TOOLE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

JOHN MARK FREEMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

PAULINE LILIAN O'TOOLE (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/2005, number: 1109107
Registered at Companies House on 21/01/2005, number: 05338802

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH (LEIGHTON BUZZARD) on 26/08/2022

Main office

Buzzer Buses Dial A Ride Ltd
31 New Road
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 2LS

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEIGHTON LINSLADE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY ( MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEIGHTON LINSLADE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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