RYEDALE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT CIO

Registered charity 1109232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RYECAT LTD, RYEDALE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD

Ryedale Community Transport CIO provides a community based transport service for the residents of Ryedale, Scarborough & Whitby, District of Selby and the City of York, who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness, disability, poverty or because of lack of availability of adequate and safe public transport services.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANISATION IS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF RYEDALE, SCARBOROUGH & WHITBY AND SELBY DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORKSHIRE AND OF THE CITY OF YORK, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

Area of benefit: RYEDALE, SCARBOROUGH , WHITBY AND SELBY DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORKSHIRE

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £60,606 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £665,926 against administrative expenses of £605,320. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves were £193,603, which is above the stated policy target of £150,000 required to maintain essential core functions for 12 months.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Ryedale Community Transport is delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Proud to Be Supported By National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Andrew RICHARDSON MBEchair
• Anne Wilson
• JOHN JAMES CUNNINGHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Fox
• Kenneth Gill
• Murray Stewart
• Sandra Dawn Simpson
• Tony Flintoft

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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