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THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY

Registered charity 1068607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PACTS

The charity exists to promote transport safety through research, education and dissemination.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£349k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £115,647, which remains above the trustees' target of £110,000. The charity reported a small surplus of £666 for the year, with total income rising by 39% to cover a 39.8% increase in expenditure. The trustees note that while income streams have been stable, future funding from the DfT is uncertain, though current resources are deemed sufficient to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £110,000 (held: £116k)
“the reserve was raised to £90,000 in 2023/24 and this still no longer represents about four months of expenditure and trustees have therefore decided to increase this to £110,000 as a target figure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£350k£349k
31/03/2024£252k£251k
31/03/2023£228k£247k
31/03/2022£264k£222k
31/03/2021£305k£293k

Common questions

Is THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £115,647, which remains above the trustees' target of £110,000. The charity reported a small surplus of £666 for the year, with total income rising by 39% to cover a 39.8% increase in expenditure. The trustees note that while income streams have been stable, future funding from the DfT is uncertain, though current resources are deemed sufficient to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY as a grant recipient include THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST, SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUSTFY2022£116kAdvocacy
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATIONFY2025£6kGrant in support of PACTS in relation to commissioning Nick Reed of Reed Mobility (National Highways’ Chief Road Safety Adviser) to provide a report to allow co
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kGrant in support of PACTS in relation to the opportunity to save lives in dramatic numbers in India by eliminating the dangerous and unnecessary practice of swi

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY£350k—0above—no doubt
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST FY2025£102.1m——unclear—no doubt
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER TRANSPORT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£819k£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
WEST HERTS CHARITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£272k—0above—no doubt
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FY2025£977k——unclear—no doubt
ROADSAFE FY2025£889k—0unclear—not going concern

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