TENDRING COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1074755 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide relief to the inhabitants of Tendring District and its environs who have need because of age, mental or physical disability, or poverty and in particular to:Provide and maintain non-profit community transport services and,To assist the charitable work of organisations and bodies engaged in promoting the relief of such persons through the provision of appropriate services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£737k
Latest spending
£661k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £75,191 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £661,321 against charitable expenditure of £605,905. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £Nil, noting that the main risk to income and expenditure is dependence upon Local Authority Funding from Essex County Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
The total Unrestricted Reserves maintained at 31 March 2025 amounted to £Nil. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£737k
Total spending
£661k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£737k£661k
31/03/2024£624k£629k
31/03/2023£455k£660k
31/03/2022£663k£409k
31/03/2021£514k£400k

Common questions

Is TENDRING COMMUNITY TRANSPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £75,191 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £661,321 against charitable expenditure of £605,905. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £Nil, noting that the main risk to income and expenditure is dependence upon Local Authority Funding from Essex County Council. Its FY2025 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 Fund22/03/2024£15kNew Community Minibus
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2023£453kTendring Shuttle
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£5kHeat Efficiency
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£438kTendring Shuttle
Essex County Council29/11/2018£10kCommunity Inititives Fund Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2006£7kTraining And Developing Volunteers

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TENDRING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TENDRING COMMUNITY TRANSPORT£737k0belowno doubt
TENDRING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FY2025£1.0m0unclearno doubt
TADCASTER VOLUNTEER CARS & SERVICES ASSOCIATION FY2024£146k0unclearno doubt
RYE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£174k0aboveno doubt
BRIDGEND COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD FY2025£303k0unclearno doubt
NORTH NORFOLK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£439k0unclearno doubt

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