GREATER MANCHESTER ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED

Registered charity 1007487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RING AND RIDE

The provision of door to door and other transport and associated support services for people who are unable to use conventional public transport. The service is provided across the Greater Manchester conurbation serving a total population of over 2.5 million people.

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Latest income

£4.0m

Latest spending

£4.8m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £712,180 for the year, managed by drawing down on reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £1,411,375, which the directors consider adequate to meet obligations despite ongoing funding pressures and inflationary risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £1.4m)

“The Charity has a specific policy regarding unrestricted funds that have not been designated for a particular purpose. These funds should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02483763 · Financial health read from its filings
Trading subsidiary: YOUR BUS LIMITED Companies House 05160227

YOUR BUS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

No intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided text.

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.

CHARTERS, Joshua James, Cllr — director, appointed 20/08/2025not on trustee list
OWEN, Jacqueline Clair — director, appointed 25/07/2025not on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Aidan James — director, appointed 25/07/2025not on trustee list
FINNEGAN, Jamie Patrick — director, appointed 11/02/2025not on trustee list
CHEW, Alison Margaret — director, appointed 23/11/2023not on trustee list
RAWLINS, Tracey — director, appointed 27/07/2023not on trustee list
BURKE, Philip — director, appointed 23/07/2019not on trustee list
WOODWARD, Jacqueline Paula — secretary, appointed 27/01/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£4.0m

Total spending

£4.8m

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

102

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.0m	£4.8m
31/03/2024	£4.0m	£4.5m
31/03/2023	£4.2m	£4.2m
31/03/2022	£4.2m	£3.9m
31/03/2021	£4.8m	£4.5m

Common questions

Is GREATER MANCHESTER ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £712,180 for the year, managed by drawing down on reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £1,411,375, which the directors consider adequate to meet obligations despite ongoing funding pressures and inflationary risks. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£156k
SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£8k
SKELTON BOUNTY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY.

THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY income £263k
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £847k
GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £1.1m
CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER income £8.3m
AGE CONCERN MANCHESTER income £5.3m
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREATER MANCHESTER ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY FY2025	£263k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025	£847k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER FY2025	£8.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN MANCHESTER FY2025	£5.3m	£60,000 or more	1	below	12.7%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.