Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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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	£522	£512	£10	£5	£412	£215	5	24	70
31/03/22	£514	£467	£48	£6	£402	£213	5.5	24	46
31/03/21	£392	£406	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	76
31/03/20	£432	£409	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	71
31/03/19	£446	£357	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	71
31/03/18	£422	£378	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£415	£400	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£377	£398	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£355	£365	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£399	£387	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£392	£382	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£316	£332	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£349	£353	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£601	£452	£148	£95	£245	£70	1.9	18	0
31/03/09	£330	£366	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£281	£331	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£395	£319	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£250	£225	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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 ?

Established: 19 years

www.ryedalect.org

post@ryedalect.org

01653699059

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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

Transportation 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 works here?

24 employees
70 volunteers

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	£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. ....more 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 organisation’s services.
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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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 ....more 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 ....more 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 offers a range of transport options including journeys for hospital and medical appointments, group travel to social events or shopping trips.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ryecat Limited
£16,000	27/04/2012	the rent
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 ....more 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 beneficiaries to maintain a current job or seek out new employment opportunities as a future stepping stone to obtaining their own transport.

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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

PHILIP ANDREW RICHARDSON MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2019

SANDRA DAWN SIMPSON Appointed: 2022

JUNE SHEILA MILLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

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

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