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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

ANNANDALE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICES 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending


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Established: 25 years

www.actsbus.org.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £127,223 £174,672 £173,267 £157,036 £100,850 £110,803
Total spending £150,809 £171,056 £171,056 £127,811 £133,231 £151,988
Surplus/deficit -£23,586 £3,616 £2,211 £29,225 -£32,381 -£41,185
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Dumfries And Galloway
Who it helps
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
Foundation Scotland - CROSSDYKES AREA - AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT 2023 TO 2025
£30,000 24/01/2023
Towards the running costs of the community transport service for three years.
Foundation Scotland - Hospital Transport Service
£20,000 14/05/2020
To contribute towards the costs of providing door-to-door transport to hospital appointments, increasing access to local services and improving health and wellbeing of local residents.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community transport core costs 2019/20
£10,000 25/07/2019
12
This group will use the funding to continue providing accessible community transport to individuals and groups within the Annandale & Eskdale area of Dumfries & Galloway.
Robertson Trust - Running Costs
£30,000 31/01/2017
Running Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement accessible minibus
£10,000 26/03/2014
12
The group will buy a new mini bus which will benefit disabled people and older residents in the region.
National Lottery Community Fund - Minibus replacement
£10,000 04/06/2010
11
This group operates a community transport service in Annandale and the surrounding. This grant will contribute to the replacement of a 16-seat wheelchair accessible minibus.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 32-89
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 12/10/1999, number: SC029660
    • Notes: Previous charity name Annandale Transport Initiative from 12/10/1999 to 11/12/2017.
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/1999, number: SC200686
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

72-74 High Street, Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, DG11 2AA

Objectives

The provision of community transport and other services for the inhabitants of Annandale and the surrounding areas in need by reason of disablement, poverty, social or economic circumstances

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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