SPEKE GARSTON MINIBUS AGENCY

Registered charity 1088911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Transportation and training

Objects

3.1 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES) FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURETIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROVIDED THAT:-3.1.1. SUCH FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED, AND3.1.2 THOSE PERSONS HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AS AFORESAID BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.3.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROVIDE AID (PARTICULARLY AID IN THE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION) TO POOR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE BY REASON OF LACK OF MOBILITY.3.3 TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG PERSONS AND THOSE IN NEED.3.4 TO CARRY OUT ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN BE BENEFICIALLY CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE MAIN OBJECTS.

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: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£395k
Latest spending
£333k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £61,952 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £524,345. The trustees consider this reserve level adequate, stating it is equivalent to more than 12 months of expenditure. The organization operates with a small staff of two employees and relies on volunteers for many duties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: more than 12 months expenditure (reserves figure: £524k)
“The reserves held at the year end were £524,345 and include net current assets totalling £440,905. This is equivalent to more than 12 months expenditure which the trustees consider to be an adequate level of cover.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 28
  • Government income: £385,314 — contracts £372,989 (11), grants £12,325 (1); 98% of the £394,830 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 26
  • Government income: £338,273 — contracts £326,572 (13), grants £11,701 (1); 99% of the £340,611 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 26
  • Government income: £346,578 — contracts £337,572 (13), grants £9,006 (1); 100% of the £347,264 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£395k£333k
31/03/2024£341k£320k
31/03/2023£347k£302k
31/03/2022£305k£300k
31/03/2021£262k£260k

Common questions

Is SPEKE GARSTON MINIBUS AGENCY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £61,952 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £524,345. The trustees consider this reserve level adequate, stating it is equivalent to more than 12 months of expenditure. The organization operates with a small staff of two employees and relies on volunteers for many duties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2007£8kSGMA Training Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2004£5kMinibus service

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPEKE GARSTON MINIBUS AGENCY£395k—0unclear—no doubt
SW HERTS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SCHEME FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt
PARK ROAD UNDER FIVES FY2025£76k—0unclear—noted
MILTON KEYNES SPECIAL NEEDS ADVANCEMENT PROJECT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
STOKE HILL PRE-SCHOOL GROUP FY2025£446k—0above—no doubt
STROUD VINTAGE TRANSPORT AND ENGINE CLUB LTD FY2025£293k—0unclear—no doubt

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