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BEXLEY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SCHEME

Registered charity 1106440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Bexley Accessible Transport Scheme operates break-even cost Community Transport Services both group and individual in the London Borough Of Bexley and its neighbouring areas.The scheme also provides driver and passenger assistant training under the CTA MIDAS and PATS accredited schemes, to its own members and to schools and colleges in the area.

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £138,382 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £2,879. The trustees acknowledge that this has created a net current liability position and a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. To address this, the charity plans to sell excess vehicles to generate cash and rectify the liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities
“Charitable activities” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k)
“The Trustees' acknowledge that the challenging financial year has led to a drain on the current assets and free reserves of the charity which may give rise to questions surrounding ongoing solvency.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' assessment that a material uncertainty exists in relation to the use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity owns all issued share capital of BATS GROUP LIMITED, a dormant company. The trustees have no plans for it to commence trading.
“The Charity owns all the issued share capital of BATS GROUP LIMITED, a dormant company registered at Companies House (number 06963718). This company is not traded , and the trustees, have no plans for it to commence trading at the date of this report.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: BATS GROUP LIMITED
“The Charity owns all the issued share capital of BATS GROUP LIMITED, a dormant company registered at Companies House (number 06963718). This company is not traded , and the trustees, have no plans for it to commence trading at the date of this report.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HSJ Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£3k
Employees
35

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.0m£927k
31/03/2022£817k£932k
31/03/2021£743k£660k

Common questions

Is BEXLEY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SCHEME financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £138,382 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £2,879. The trustees acknowledge that this has created a net current liability position and a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. To address this, the charity plans to sell excess vehicles to generate cash and rectify the liabilities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HSJ Audit Limited.

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
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£182k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£99k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL1£20k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION1£3k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED1£2k
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACCESSIBLE CARING TRANSPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEXLEY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT SCHEME£1.1m—0below—material uncertainty
ACCESSIBLE CARING TRANSPORT FY2025£371k—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£2.0m——below—noted
EREWASH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025£847k—0above—no doubt
CROYDON ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
EXETER COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt

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