WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED

Registered charity 1044133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY TRANSPORT, COMMUNITY TRANSPORT WALSALL, WCT

Our objectives are for the advancement of education and relief of poverty, sickness, old age and distress through the provision of transport, advice and assistance. Our main purpose is social care through transport to benefit the local community of Walsall. Most of the activities we provide whilst transport led are delivered to support those individuals who are unable to access regular services.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £73,909 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £312,291. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate funding resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor. The organization relies on a mix of charitable activity income, donations, and other income to fund its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income)
“Charitable activities 3 1,062,782” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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.

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
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£312k
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2021£924k£906k

Common questions

Is WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £73,909 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £312,291. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate funding resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor. The organization relies on a mix of charitable activity income, donations, and other income to fund its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edwards.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2004£2kInformation and awareness day

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMPASS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
COMPASS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD FY2025£450k—0above—no doubt
SLOUGH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT & SHOPMOBILITY FY2025£561k—0above—no doubt
IVYBRIDGE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
WESTSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2026£280k—0unclear—no doubt

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