BRISTOL VINTAGE BUS GROUP

Registered charity 1083056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancing the education of the public by increasing knowledge and interest in all aspects of transport heritage and particularly in historic buses of the Bristol area. The charity has a collection of buses which it preserves, restores and maintains and uses for rallies and events to promote the transport heritage of the area.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN ALL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT HERITAGE AND PARTICULARLY IN HISTORIC BUSES OF THE BRISTOL AREA.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL AREA.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,834 for the year, primarily due to expenditure on vehicle restoration. Despite this, the trustees describe the financial position as healthy and note that surplus funds are being placed on deposit to generate interest income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ricky Longchair
• Aled Jonathan Rees
• DAVID LESLIE WITHERS
• Dayley Patrick Gerald Lawrence · trustee of 1 other charity
• Frank Joseph Sims
• John Antony Hitchings
• Joshua Andrew John Hughes
• LIONEL TANCOCK
• PAUL VINCENT TOVEY
• Richard Maurice Avery · trustee of 2 other charities

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

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

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