Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

EALING COMMUNITY TRANSPORT 

Ealing Community Transport delivers safe, accessible and affordable community transport for communities across the UK. IT provides flexible and responsive transport solutions to communities with unmet transport needs. ECT's services enable people with mobility difficulties or those who lack access to ordinary public transport to live independent lives and participate in their communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£5,761£5,585£176£0£3,988£3,9888.62140
31/03/22£5,110£4,986£123£0£3,812£3,8129.220312
31/03/21£5,145£4,927£218£0£3,689£3,689921125
31/03/20£5,053£5,294£-242£0£3,471£3,4717.9214103
31/03/19*£4,874£5,161£-287£0£3,269£3,2697.620090
31/03/18£5,092£5,249£-157£1£3,656£3,6568.41180
31/03/17*£5,391£5,019£372£3£3,813£3,8139.12000
31/03/16£4,816£4,546£270£0£3,367£3,3678.91800
31/03/15£4,367£4,029£338£59£2,896£2,8968.61060
31/03/14£4,562£4,301£261£57£2,559£2,5597.1980
31/03/13£6,962£6,447£516£48£2,298£2,2984.31290
31/03/12£3,769£3,320£449£54£1,782£1,7826.4950
31/03/11£3,017£2,594£424£54£1,333£1,3336.2650

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

www.ectcharity.co.uk

ealing@ectcharity.co.uk

02088133210

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Transportation and storage activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Cheshire West & Chester, Dorset, Ealing, Hounslow, Poole,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 214 employees

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
£29,420 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
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£19,251 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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-56
  • RHYS HAND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director
  • NEIL WATT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Analytics Professional
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2010, number: 1135354
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2010, number: 07211806
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
13 returns made; AR19: 24 days late, AR17: 4 days late,
Main office

Greenford Depot
Greenford Road
Greenford
Middlesex
UB6 9AN

Objectives

2.1 TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF AND ACCESS TO TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR, DISABLED OR INFIRM OR BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES OR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS 2.2 TO ASSIST THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES ENGAGED IN THE RELIEF OF THOSEIN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY;2.3 TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONOF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITYOR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THEPUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;2.4 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY;2.5 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND ANY NEWCHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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