HALTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1080333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide transport for disabled people and community groups.

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £92,803, which is below the stated policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The group reported a net outgoing resource of £27,366 for the year, driven by increased costs and a reduction in volunteer support, though trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Council contracts (31% of income)
“Council contracts 334,644” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £93k; policy: three months unrestricted expenditure)
“Unrestricted funds are at an adequate level at the year end.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Extra Mile Transport Company Limited
“The charity has a 100% owned subsidiary Extra Mile Transport Company Limited” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

EXTRA MILE TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £1
  • Note 5 discloses amounts owed by group undertakings of £4,903 in 2024 (zero in 2025). Note 6 discloses amounts owed to group undertakings of £1,762 in 2025 (zero in 2024).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£169k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Halton · Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2024£988k£1.0m
31/03/2023£748k£889k
31/03/2022£649k£771k
31/03/2021£696k£629k

Common questions

Is HALTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £92,803, which is below the stated policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The group reported a net outgoing resource of £27,366 for the year, driven by increased costs and a reduction in volunteer support, though trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/02/2013£119kSpecialised Accessible Transport for Halton

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 HALTON CARERS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HALTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT£1.1m—0below—no doubt
HALTON CARERS CENTRE FY2025£930k—0within—no doubt
CALNE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£410k—0unclear—no doubt
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025£847k—0above—no doubt
HALTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
HULL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (CHARITY) FY2025£1.4m——above—no doubt

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