BOSTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1110099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCT

Boston Community Transport is membership-based and for people unable to use or have limited access to public transport. We assist our members with journeys they may not be able to make such as: Medical appointments, opticians, physiotherapists, chiropodists, shopping, visiting family/friends, attending community activities, one-off or regular trips including the library, post office or chemist.

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

Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£70k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £106,545, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' running costs (£18,914). The filing confirms that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £107k)
“consider that the charity should aim to hold a figure totalling a minimum of six months running costs. This figure for the period is £18914”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£78k£70k
31/03/2024£77k£63k
31/03/2023£78k£73k
31/03/2022£57k£51k
31/03/2021£57k£34k

Common questions

Is BOSTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £106,545, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' running costs (£18,914). The filing confirms that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BOSTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOSTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2026£7kSupporting our Volunteer Drivers
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2025£106kContinuation of Boston Community Transport
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2024£10kSupporting our Volunteers and Staff
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£10kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2023£10kContinuation of BCT and supporting our volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2022£10kContinuation of BCT
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2021£10kCommunity Car Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kCoffee Mornings
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2019£10kTransport Scheme for Boston Borough
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2005£109kEnable disabled&those with temporary mobility problem to access all service