Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

BOSTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Boston Community Transport is membership-based and for people unable to use or have limited access to public transport. We assist our members with journeys they may not be able to make such as: Medical appointments, opticians, physiotherapists, chiropodists, shopping, visiting family/friends, attending community activities, one-off or regular trips including the library, post office or chemist.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 19 years

www.bostonct.org.uk

office@bostonct.org.uk

01205360183

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£78	£73	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/22		£57	£51	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£57	£34	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/20	*	£58	£63	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/19		£73	£50	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/18		£45	£26	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£21	£19	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£3	£4	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£2	£8	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£13	£7	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£1	£8	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£1	£8	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£79	£76	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£79	£76	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£82	£99	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£86	£129	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£150	£132	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£145	£106	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
11 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	£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£9,531
Co-Operative Group	£3,591

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Continuation of BCT
£10,000	14/10/2022	The funding is to keep a community car scheme operational. The project aims to help an organisation continue running and providing car journeys.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	17/08/2021	Rebuilding Boston Community Transport
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Car Scheme
£10,000	27/05/2021	The funding is to keep a community car scheme operational. The project aims to help an organisation continue running and providing car journeys for local people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Boston Community Transport
£3,591	24/10/2020	We will assist in reducing social isolation, by helping people to stay mobile within their local community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,531	25/09/2020	"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."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/05/2020	Continuation of Boston Community Transport
National Lottery Community Fund - Transport Scheme for Boston Borough
£10,000	07/02/2019 12	This funding will be used to deliver community transport to local residents. The project aims to support people who are rurally isolated with their day to day appointments.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	31/01/2019	Continuation of Boston Community Transport
National Lottery Community Fund - Essential Transport for Boston Residents
£10,000	20/12/2017 11	This project aims to extend its transport and volunteering services to reach more vulnerable and isolated people. This will allow more access to essential services and increase connections with ....more This project aims to extend its transport and volunteering services to reach more vulnerable and isolated people. This will allow more access to essential services and increase connections with people from other community groups.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-76

DAVID LEMON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

GEORGE BERNARD (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

JASON LUNN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Event Management

JOHN BLACKWELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

LYN HARRISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accounts Manager

MICHAEL GREEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Administrator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2005, number: 1110099
Registered at Companies House on 28/05/2004, number: 05140621

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

18 returns made; AR20: 9 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 117 days late,

Main office

THE LEN MEDLOCK VOLUNTARY CENTRE
ST. GEORGES ROAD
BOSTON
PE21 8YB

Objectives

1. TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH INHABITANTS OF BOSTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES. 2. TO RELIEVE THE DISABLED AND THE ELDERLY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF WHEELCHAIRS AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOSTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA

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