JOINT ACTIVITIES AND MOTOR EDUCATION SERVICE

Registered charity 1056330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BMEP, BRADFORD MOTOR EDUCATION PROJECT

To promote the safety of the public, and in particular to encourage an interest in road safety, and improving the standard of driving and riding, with particular emphasis on young people, in Yorkshire.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHERE NECESSARY ACTING AS AN AGENT TO STATUTORY BODIES, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE CARE OF YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE RESIDENT IN THE AREA AND HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, OR HAVE BEEN REFERRED IN RELATION TO AN OFFENCE, OR BE IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAY CREATE TENDENCIES IN THEM TOWARDS SUCH OFFENCES;(B) TO ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND TAKE A USEFUL AND RESPONSIBLE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY;(C) TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE AN INTEREST IN ROAD SAFETY AND IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF DRIVING AND RIDING, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE AND THE HUMBERSIDE REGION, "THE AREA OF BENEFIT;"(D) TO PROMOTE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR YOUNG PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: YORKSHIRE LANCASHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE

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 state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £24,979 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £318,014, which is below the stated policy target of six to nine months of operating expenditure. The trustees remain satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/02/2024, 6 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rosalind Mary Setonchair
• Cathy Pilkington
• Gillian Mary Arnold
• JOHN PARKER JP
• Malcolm David Saville
• Mazafar Jan
• Paul Robinson
• Susan Jones

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDUCATION FOR LIFE.

• EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £256k
• AUTORAISE income £142k
• BOLTON TOGETHER income £1.3m
• THE AYLESBURY YOUTH MOTOR PROJECT LIMITED income £458k
• SIGNIFICANCE income £53k
• OUR CENTRE income £336k

Side by side with its peers

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