HARROW COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1115080 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCT

To provide relief (including through provision of a community transport service), for those who live or work in Harrow and other London Boroughs, who are in need because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical) or poverty or a lack of availability of adequate and safe public transport services.

Objects

The objects of the charity are to provide relief (including through provision of a community transport service), for those who live or work in Harrow and other London Boroughs, who are in need because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical) or poverty or a lack of availability of adequate and safe public transport services.

Area of benefit: HARROW AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £30,878 for the year ended 31 March 2025, continuing a trend of reducing deficits but failing to return to a positive result. Total unrestricted funds stood at £173,269, while total funds carried forward were £212,458. The trustees note that the outlook remains uncertain due to economic downturns and cuts in public expenditure.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• 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).

• City Bridge Trust — “In May 2011 city bridge trust awarded harrow community transport a two year business development grant. The grant has been awarded to aid ha…” (source page)
• Lottery Awards for All — “Harrow Community Transport received a grant from Awards for All which has been used to build this website, start up a MiDAS (Minibus Driver …” (source page)
• Waitrose Community Matters — “Waitrose store’s Community Matters Project awarded Harrow Community Transport a grant in May. The grant was used directly to fund the Commun…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GERARD JOSEPH DEVINEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gladys Janes MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Quinn
• LESLEY SPENCE
• Zeba Arif · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Harrow · Hillingdon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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