Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE VOLUNTARY CAR SCHEME (LICHFIELD AND CANNOCK CHASE AREAS)

The charity provides transport facilities for beneficiaries who live in Staffordshire, especially in the Lichfield & Cannock Chase and the surrounding areas, for those people who are in need, including frail, elderly, poor or disabled to improve and maintain their health and wellbeing by attending health and social settings.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£17,403	£9,397	£8,006	25
31/03/22	£16,518	£8,075	£8,443	27
31/03/21	£17,211	£12,834	£4,377	30

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

JAN.MATTHEWS@VOLUNTARYCARSCHEME.CO.UK

01543303025

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Provide financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

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	£19,999
Department for Work and Pensions	£7,565
DCMS	£6,450

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Voluntary Car Scheme Lichfield and Cannock Chase areas
£9,999	02/12/2022	The funding will be used to assist the older and disabled people community and aims to support people to attend medical appointments who would otherwise struggle.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Voluntary Car Scheme Lichfield and Cannock Chase areas)
£10,000	09/07/2021	The group will re-launch its transport scheme which is run with volunteer drivers using their own vehicles to take community members to medical and other essential appointments. The project aims to ....more The group will re-launch its transport scheme which is run with volunteer drivers using their own vehicles to take community members to medical and other essential appointments. The project aims to alleviate poor mental health and enable those who are vulnerable to access necessary services.
Department for Work and Pensions - SUZANNE HOLLYWOOD TA DEAN PARK NURSERY
£7,565	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,450	29/09/2020	"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."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINE ANN THOMAS Appointed: 2019

MELVYN GLYNNE POULSOM Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL HAROLD RIGGOTT Appointed: 2019

PATRICIA HASSALL Appointed: 2019

TONY EDWARD MORRIS Appointed: 2019

TREVOR DEAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/11/2019, number: 1186649

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Beacon Community Church
7d Bridge Cross Road
BURNTWOOD
WS7 2BU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO LIVE IN STAFFORDSHIRE, ESPECIALLY IN THE LICHFIELD & CANNOCK CHASE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, INCLUDING FRAIL, ELDERLY, POOR OR DISABLED TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING BY ATTENDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL SETTINGS.

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