HINCKLEY AND BOSWORTH AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SCHEME

Registered charity 1054668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIAL A RIDE, DIAL-A-RIDE

Provision of Community transport for older and disabled people in the Hinckley & Bosworth Area using our Dial a Ride Scheme and our 16 and seater minibus

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF THE POOR, SICK, AGED OR DISABLED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE.

Area of benefit: SOUTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE, COMPRISING THE BOROUGH OF HINCKLEY AND BOSWORTH AND SUCH PARTS OF BLABY DISTRICT AS FALL WITHIN THE REMIT OF THE LOCAL AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £368 on a turnover exceeding £130,000 for the year ended March 2025. Operational challenges include a lack of volunteer drivers and increasing vehicle running costs, though the organization remains supported by various grants and funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEVEN APPLINchair
• Barry Orton
• Brian Perkins
• COLIN PHILIP HIGGINS
• Julie Smith
• Leslie Pratt
• PETER HOUGHTON
• Sandra Braden
• William Kelly

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST TEIGNBRIDGE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION.

• EAST TEIGNBRIDGE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £162k
• IVYBRIDGE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £118k
• COMPASS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD income £450k
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA income £1.2m
• WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £1.5m
• Merseycare Community Transport Ltd income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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