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CAMBRIDGE DIAL A RIDE LIMITED

Registered charity 1053924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cambridge Dial a Ride operates a door to door minibus service for the elderly and disabled residents of Cambridge. It caters for individual members and group hire activities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£562k
Latest spending
£350k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £88,640 are below the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000 (six months of expenditure). The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (42% of income)
“Cambridgeshire & Peterborough combined authority 100,835” — page 10
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £89k; policy: 6 months of resources expended)
“The charity currently has free reserves of £88,640 (2025: £15,313) and intends to increase this over a number of years through making full use of the capacity of the buses and other fundraising measures.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge Dial a Ride Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£562k
Total spending
£350k
Reserves (reported)
£89k
Employees
9

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£562k£350k
31/03/2025£331k£276k
31/03/2024£209k£262k
31/03/2023£190k£207k
31/03/2022£176k£180k

Common questions

Is CAMBRIDGE DIAL A RIDE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £88,640 are below the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000 (six months of expenditure). The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2022£10kCambridge Dial a Ride
Cambridgeshire Insight11/10/2018£27kTo provide dial-a-ride community transport
Cambridgeshire County Council11/10/2018£27kTo provide dial-a-ride community transport
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2016£5kReplacement of IT system