Community Transport South West Ltd

Registered charity 1118417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Community Transport (South West) Limited, SOUTH SOMERSET ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED

To meet un-served social needs in South Somerset, Mendip and Sedgemoor by providing high quality support to voluntary and community sector organisations and, where appropriate, through direct provision of services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £31,138 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £1,013,274 and charitable expenditure of £982,136. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £175,093, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £249,000, though the trustees aim to build reserves to this level over the next three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06014757

Funders the charity credits

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

• Somerset County Council — “Slinky is an accessible bus service funded by Somerset County Council for people unable to access conventional transport.” (source page)

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.

• ROBERTS, Nicola Anne — director, appointed 09/02/2026on trustee list
• FORBES, Mair Bethan — director, appointed 08/02/2019on trustee list
• LANG, John Alexander — director, appointed 08/02/2019on trustee list
• BATCHELOR, Martin Roy — director, appointed 03/07/2013on trustee list
• MAXWELL, Brian Davidson — director, appointed 30/11/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 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 (97% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN DAVIDSON MAXWELL
• Bethan Forbes
• John Lang Mr
• Lynda Creek Mrs
• Martin Batchelor
• Nicola Anne Roberts

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHMEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• SOUTHMEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £4.3m
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (SWADLINCOTE) income £250k
• COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.2m
• MENDIP COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £996k
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE income £248k
• LAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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