US IN A BUS

Registered charity 1088570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as US IN A BUS LIMITED

We specialise in providing services for people who have profound learning disabilities and/or complex needs, can seem to be "difficult to reach" and all of whom find communication a challenge. The aim of our work is to create opportunities for people to fully express themselves. The therapeutic impact of this can be seen in people's increased confidence and willingness to engage with others.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEVERE LEARNING AND/OR MULTIPLE DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (11) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEVERE LEARNING AND/OR MULTIPLE DISABILITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity produced a deficit of £34,028 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total resources expended of £352,863 against incoming resources of £318,835. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £162,801, which is above the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The charity mitigates financial risks by diversifying income streams and maintaining strict price controls.

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 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04207000

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Us in a Bus (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WOLFF, Jane — director, appointed 19/03/2026on trustee list
• DADSWELL, Jonathan Paul — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
• JACKSON, Nigel Timothy — director, appointed 23/01/2020on trustee list
• MCRAE, Kenneth — director, appointed 22/09/2016on trustee list
• MEDWAY, Colin John — secretary, appointed 22/07/2004

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Wolff
• Jonathan Dadswell
• Kenneth McRae
• Nigel Jackson

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · East Sussex · Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUS USERS UK CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED.

• BUS USERS UK CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £811k
• COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES income £1.4m
• BARBARA BUS FUND income £157k
• CHARIOTTS income £125k
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
• I CAN AND I AM LIMITED income £435k

Side by side with its peers

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