NORTH NORFOLK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1081117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEDIRIDE, NORTH WALSHAM AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, NWACTA

Provision of transport within a defined area of North Norfolk (including some parishes in Broadland District) for people with a wide range of needs or reasons why they cannot make use of the existing network of conventional public transport. In addition, transport is provided for groups with broadly charitable aims on a regular or as-required basis, using a mix of paid and volunteer staff.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF NON PROFIT PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED OR ISOLATED PERSONS RESIDING IN THE AREA OF NORTH NORFOLK AND FOR USE BY CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OR FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Area of benefit: NORTH NORFOLK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £30,493 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £323,613 and expenditure of £354,106. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £133,720, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £200,000 (representing six months' operating costs). Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03924074

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund back us with 'Rides for Rural Lives' We are delighted to report The National Lottery Community Fund has once…” (source page)
• Norfolk Community Foundation — “Website supported by the Norfolk Community Foundation through The Shelroy Charitable Trust Fund” (source page)
• The Shelroy Charitable Trust Fund — “Website supported by the Norfolk Community Foundation through The Shelroy Charitable Trust Fund” (source page)

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.

• WILLIAMS, David Robert — director, appointed 21/10/2025on trustee list
• EVANS, David Gwyn — director, appointed 31/05/2023on trustee list
• FITZGERALD, Desmond William — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
• WILKINSON, Carol — director, appointed 27/05/2020on trustee list
• LLOYD, Nigel Paul — director, appointed 18/09/2017on trustee list
• YOUNGS, Bridget Constance — director, appointed 22/07/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nigel Paul Lloydchair
• BRIDGET YOUNGS
• Carol Wilkinson
• David Gwyn Evans
• David Robert Williams
• Desmond William Fitzgerald

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £320k
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT NORTHWEST LIMITED income £45k
• NORTH WEALDEN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £109k
• NEWTON ABBOT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £452k
• HOLSWORTHY RURAL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £173k
• NORTH HOLDERNESS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD income £814k

Side by side with its peers

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