MANNINGTREE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUS

Registered charity 1042006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE SUPPLY TRANSPORT TO LOCAL CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANISATION, ON A MODEST PENCE PER MILE BASIS TO COVER MOST OF OUR COSTS. SIMILARLY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE TAKEN ON REGULAR ORGANISED VISITS TO LOCAL SUPERMARKETS. A LIFT ENABLES US TO TAKE DISABLED PASSENGERS INCLUDING A FEW IN WHEELCHAIRS. ALL TRUSTEES AND DRIVERS ARE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS.

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FOR THE USE OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND OR CHARITABLE GROUPS AND OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE BASED IN THE PARISHES OF MISTLEY MANNINGTREE AND LAWFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Area of benefit: THE PARISHES OF MISTLEY MANNINGTREE AND LAWFORD AND SURROUDING AREAS

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as determined by the trustees under the Charities Act 2011. The independent examiner reported no material concerns regarding accounting records or compliance with statutory requirements. The filing confirms that the accounts accord with the accounting requirements of the Act.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN CHARLES ENGLISHchair
• JOHN LANGFORD HUGGETT
• Jane Rumble
• John Stephen Ridgley
• MARTIN RUMBLE
• Martin John Rayner
• Simon Barrott

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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