THE WHEELS PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 1081236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRISTOL WHEELS PROJECT LIMITED

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with young people living in Avon who are socially excluded or at serious risk of being socially excluded by the provision of educational and training opportunities which engage, motivate, build awareness, skills and capacity around safe vehicle road use and ownership, vehicle repair, maintenance, Further Education and employment.

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A) THE REHABILITATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CUSTODIAL SENTENCES; ANDB) THE DIVERSION FROM CRIME OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE REGARDED AS AT RISK OF OFFENDINGBY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR THE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE, TO INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY OF REBUILDING AND DRIVING OLD OR DAMAGED VEHICLES UNDER PROPER SUPERVISION AND OF RECEIVING EDUCATION ON CAR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF RESPONSIBLE CAR OWNERSHIP AND ROAD USEAGE AND CITIZENSHIP GENERALLY.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £25,912, increasing its total reserves to £207,953. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are equivalent to six months of operating costs, which aligns with the charity's stated financial policy target. The charity relies on a mix of referrer income and grants from trusts and foundations to maintain its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Charlton Baker (Bristol) Ltd. Discloses 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wheels Project (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Cumminschair
• DAVID SMITHEN
• Duncan Charles Massey
• NICK ADAMS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rachael Wheatley

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST.

• WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST income £236k
• THE WHEELS PROJECT income £193k
• WHEELY TOTS income £271k
• WHEELS FOR WELLBEING income £456k
• RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m
• COMPASS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD income £450k

Side by side with its peers

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