COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE

Registered charity 1056226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALISBURY DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT, SALISBURY DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Provides and operates community transport for people with limited mobility (mainly the elderly and disabled), for the socially isolated, and local public bus services for environmental reasons with support from Wiltshire Council in South Wiltshire and Kennet

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£248k
Latest spending
£250k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,920 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing slightly from £189,456 to £187,536. The trustees note that while they hold required reserves of approximately £40,000, it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain this level of working capital due to considerable external risks to funding from reduced local government grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Provision of transport (62% of income)
“Provision of transport 155,183”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months’ running costs (held: £40k)
“The charity’s policy is to hold three to six months’ running costs in reserves in the eventuality of the charity losing a primary source of income or having to close down completely. We have the required reserves of approximately £40,000” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Transport South Wiltshire (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£248k£250k
31/03/2024£213k£243k
31/03/2023£179k£232k
31/03/2022£164k£212k
31/03/2021£199k£188k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,920 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing slightly from £189,456 to £187,536. The trustees note that while they hold required reserves of approximately £40,000, it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain this level of working capital due to considerable external risks to funding from reduced local government grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2025£13kNot specified in list

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£20kCommunity Transport South Wiltshire
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2012£6kManagement Modernisation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2005£58kAdditional minibus for day trips and outings

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE£248k—0within—no doubt
WANDSWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
CALNE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£410k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£2.0m——below—noted
EXETER COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt

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