Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 14

DAVENTRY AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

The objects of the CIO are to provide community transport and mobility services for such of the inhabitants of Daventry District and bordering areas who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical), or poverty, or because of lack of availability of safe and suitable public transport and any other charitable activity ancillary to the above.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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: 7 years

www.dact.uk.com

info@dact.uk.com

01327701665

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£416	£398	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	95
31/03/22	£286	£296	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/21	£251	£310	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/20	£410	£409	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	164
31/03/19	£481	£392	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	163
31/03/18	£423	£363	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
95 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	£17,396
Northamptonshire Community Foundation	£9,590
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500
Department for Transport	£2,897

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - MiDAS, D1 & DAT Training
£2,590	14/11/2022	DACT are looking for funding support for our MiDAS Minibus Training and DAT training which enables those trained to have Nationally recognised accreditation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	02/09/2022	New Fully Accessible Minibus
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Volunteer Recruitment
£3,000	30/06/2022	To run a recruitment campaign with a view to recruiting new volunteers to help us meet the demand
National Lottery Community Fund - New Databases
£9,500	28/01/2022	The funding will be used to install new software to ensure the database of users is accurate and records are not lost.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Daventry Area Community Transport - 12/11/21
£1,250	17/12/2021	Battery replacement for our fully accessible minibuses and fleet scooters
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Car service
£4,000	08/10/2021	supporting staff costs related to the Car Service
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£2,897	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 - New Computers
£7,896	26/04/2019 12	The funding will be used to purchase new computers. The project aims to improve the service provided to people who use their community transport scheme.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	18/12/2018	DACT - Extra Fully Accessible Bus
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Daventry Area Community Transport
£30,000	04/12/2017	Extension to mobility shop
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Daventry Area Community Transport (DACT)
£2,694	29/11/2017	We want a minibus to take the elderly and infirm for days out and essential shopping trips to help alleviate isolation and loneliness.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	09/10/2017	Minibus Purchase
Dunhill Medical Trust - Extension to the Daventry Area Community Transport Mobility Shop
£43,000	14/09/2017 12	An extension to the current building in order to establish a mobility shop for those in the community who suffer disability, such as the elderly

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

ADRIAN FINCH Appointed: 2015

DAVID TURTON Appointed: 2013

DAVID KITCHEN Appointed: 2020

JANE MURRAY Appointed: 2023

JANEY HEWARD SHEMILT Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: BUCKBY FEAST TRUST,

JESSICA ROSE NASH Appointed: 2022

PAULINE SANDRA MARY O'CONNOR (Chair) Appointed: 2010

PREMILLA CHAUHAN Appointed: 2022

RAYMOND ARTHUR CROWDER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2016, number: 1170448

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Daventry Area Community Transport
The Abbey
Market Square
DAVENTRY
Northamptonshire
NN11 4XG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SERVICES FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF DAVENTRY DISTRICT AND BORDERING AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF SAFE AND SUITABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE.

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