CROYDON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1078053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAT, CATS

Not for profit community transport services provision.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND ITS ENVIRONS WHO HAVE NEED BECAUSE OF AGE, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NO SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£234k

Latest spending

£248k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £13,817 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's deficit of £46,505. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £133,078, which the directors consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of operating costs. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“No employee received emoluments of more than 160,000 (2024: None).” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £133k)

“The directors feel that funds to cover say 3 months operating costs should be maintained.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Harrow Community Transport is the sole member of the company.

“From 26/0112024, Croydon Accessible Transport is a single member company with the sole member being Harrow Community Transport (company No. 0546556).” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
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Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Edward Thomas
DAVID PETER GOLDER
David Harris
GERARD JOSEPH DEVINE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£234k	£248k
31/03/2024	£185k	£231k
31/03/2023	£169k	£215k
31/03/2022	£155k	£232k
31/03/2021	£155k	£210k

Common questions

Is CROYDON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £13,817 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's deficit of £46,505. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £133,078, which the directors consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of operating costs. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	14/10/2010	£107k	Grant to Croydon Accessible Transport

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS	1	£822k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£130k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£750

Charities like this

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

ACCESSIBLE CARING TRANSPORT income £371k
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
MENDIP COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £996k
LIVERPOOL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £993k
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £847k
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO income £478k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CROYDON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT	£234k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACCESSIBLE CARING TRANSPORT FY2025	£371k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
MENDIP COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£996k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LIVERPOOL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025	£993k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025	£847k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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