THE DOWNDERRY AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1000967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Bus

Objects

TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 22 OF THE TRANSPORT ACT 1985 TO SERVE THE EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL AND WELFARE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF DOWNDERRY, HESSENFORD, NARKURS AND SEATON (BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER)

Area of benefit: DOWNDERRY, HESSENFORD, NARKURS AND SEATON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income over expenditure of £18,366 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £20,973 and total expenditure of £7,640. The trustees report that the financial position is stable and sustainable, noting that income from bus and fundraising activities covers maintenance costs and contributes to a future bus replacement fund. The document explicitly confirms there are currently no solvency issues.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Heather Thomas
• Lynne Mends-Rees
• Robert Gascoigne

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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