LYDNEY DIAL-A-RIDE AND COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1005716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Transport - Dial-a-Ride service

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED AND DISABLED AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LYDNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS TO OPERATE A TRANSPORT SERVICE.

Area of benefit: LYDNEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 reported a net incoming resource of £128,955 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £466,861. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risks to the charity's continuity.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02633594

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Barchester's Charitable Trust — “Due to the kind donation from Barchester's Charitable Trust we were able to offer this...” (source page)
• The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire Charitable Trust — “Louise was grateful to receive a donation for a £1000 to help support the services we provide. The donation from The Honourable Company of G…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SMITH, Philip Andrew — director, appointed 22/10/2025on trustee list
• EDGE, Richard William Oswald — director, appointed 16/11/2005on trustee list
• BOWRING, Martin John — director, appointed 31/03/1993on trustee list
• GREEN, Michael John — director, appointed 09/10/1991on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 70.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTIN BOWRING
• MICHAEL GREEN
• Philip Andrew Smith
• RICHARD EDGE

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).