SHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LTD

Registered charity 1113854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELLINGBOROUGH VOLUNTEER BUREAU, WELLINGBOROUGH VOLUNTEER BUREAU LIMITED

The charity provides a range of services including Wellibus, a door to door community transport scheme, a Volunteer Wellbeing Car Service and Shopmobility for the elderly, disabled and individuals who have difficulty in accessing public transport.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WELLINGBOROUGH AREA; AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: WELLINGBOROUGH AREA

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £21,446 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Unrestricted funds increased to £50,391, supported by a significant new contract with North Northamptonshire Council for a DRT service. The trustees report that passenger numbers have returned to pre-Covid levels and express hope for further contracts with local councils.

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 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 44.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Skittrall
• GRAHAM MICHAEL LAWMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• HARISH TAILOR
• Heather Saunders · trustee of 2 other charities
• Vivien Anne Wilkinson

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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