LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1098626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a community transport service for such of the inhabitants ofLawrence Weston and its neighbourhood who are in need of such a servicebecause of ages, sickness or disability (mental or physical), or poverty, orbecause of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passengerservices. to support local organisations registered with us to access affordable, accessible transport

Objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF LAWRENCE WESTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGES, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Area of benefit: LAWRENCE WESTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £186,458, while total net assets rose slightly to £228,216. The charity reported a small net income of £530 for the year, with unrestricted funds generating a surplus of £18,218 against restricted expenditure. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that running cost increases were covered by management decisions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover staff redundancy costs as well as any major expense on vehicles not covered under the general operating costs (held: £186k)

“The current reserves are held to ensure we have sufficient funds to cover staff redundancy costs as well as any major expense on vehicles not covered under the general operating costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Barbara Mary Hale
George Worth · trustee of 1 other charity
Jean Moria Gresty
Mavis Dortothy Didcot
Phylis Bolton
Vijaya Agalgatti

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£102k	£101k
30/09/2024	£117k	£100k
30/09/2023	£130k	£107k
30/09/2022	£85k	£72k
30/09/2021	£72k	£59k

Common questions

Is LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £186,458, while total net assets rose slightly to £228,216. The charity reported a small net income of £530 for the year, with unrestricted funds generating a surplus of £18,218 against restricted expenditure. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that running cost increases were covered by management decisions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£44k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	1	£16k
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON	1	£13k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED.

WESTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £1.2m
WANDSWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £1.1m
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE income £248k
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA income £1.2m
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £847k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WANDSWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE FY2025	£248k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	below	—	noted

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