Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 2

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

PRESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED

Community Transport services including Dial a Bus, Dial a Ride, Shopmobility, Group Transport and driver training in Preston and surrounding areas of Lancashire

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		£214	£212	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22		£208	£181	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21		£192	£171	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/20		£266	£226	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19		£242	£252	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/18		£261	£270	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£384	£293	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£244	£233	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£235	£195	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£236	£195	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£239	£198	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£296	£279	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£386	£387	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£459	£459	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£520	£491	£28	£8	£167	£133	3.3	14	0
31/03/08		£508	£526	£-18	£5	£139	£47	1.1	12	0
31/03/07	*	£561	£555	£6	£6	£157	£44	0.9	22	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.prestonct.org.uk

01772204667

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Transportation and storage activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£2,835	01/04/2020	The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators ....more The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators for running services under tender to local authorities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Allowing people with mobility issues to access Preston's shops, facili
£10,000	13/09/2017 12	The group will purchase new mobility vehicles for people with mobility issues to utilise when shopping or going around the city.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 71-74

PETER STEPHEN WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

ALAN FAIREY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

JOHN TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director

KAREN JEAN WALTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Councillor

PETER THOMAS JOHN BELL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

DAVID STANLEY BORROW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeship: ST BERNARD'S - LARCHES & SAVICK COMMUNITY HUB(CIO),

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2006, number: 1114100
Registered at Companies House on 03/04/2006, number: 05767006

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR09: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late,

Main office

Preston Mobility Centre
28 Friargate
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2AU

Objectives

TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF PRESTON AND OTHER AREAS OF LANCASHIRE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICES 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:

PRESTON AND ITS ENVIRONS

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