COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION UK
Registered charity 1002222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C T A, CTA, CTA UK, LONDON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC038518 (OSCR)
The CTA is a UK-wide charity providing leadership, learning and enterprise support to member organisations in civil society which deliver innovative and flexible transport solutions to achieve social change in their communities. We promote excellence through training, e-based resources, publications, advice, consultancy events and project support on voluntary, community & accessible transport.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported an operating surplus of £310k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £1.1m. Free reserves of £655k exceeded the trustees' policy target of three months' operating costs (£419,502). The accounts state that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grant funding (46% of income)
“Incoming resources were £1.98m (2024, £1.36m). 46% of this is grant funding income with the remainder comprised of membership fees, income earned from the sales of training, consultancy and other services and advertising/corporate partnerships.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £655k)
“Following this policy, the trustees determined a target range of reserves of three months operating costs during 2024/25.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: CTA Trading Limited
“The charity has a subsidiary company CTA Trading Limited which was dormant throughout 2024 and 2025.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
CTA TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Debtors include £100,000 owed by group undertakings (2025: £100,000).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Victoria Armstrong — Chief Executive (source)
- Alan Jones — Chair (source)
- Phil Benton — Director (source)
- Frances Campbell — Director (source)
- David Kelly — Director (source)
- Gemma Lelliott — Director (source)
- Noeleen Lynch — Director (source)
- Caroline Whitney — Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£114k
Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Alan Joneschair
- Caroline Elizabeth Dawson
- John Barry Armstrong
- Kenny Duncan
- Lesley-ann Millar
- Louise Claire Currie
- Lt Col Retd. Martin James Heffer TD RE · trustee of 2 other charities
- Oxana Alexandrovna Grishina
- Sally Ann Lloyd Davies
- Stephen Paul Stolliday · trustee of 2 other charities
- Steven David Hayes
- Susan Dever
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported an operating surplus of £310k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £1.1m. Free reserves of £655k exceeded the trustees' policy target of three months' operating costs (£419,502). The accounts state that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.
Government & lottery funding
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