COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS
Registered charity 1119310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THIRD SECTOR SERVICES
Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury Borough, Cotswold and Stroud Districts: Provision of Community Transport services in Cheltenham, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucester, Cotswold and Stroud Districts.Provision of Volunteer Drivers Scheme.Provision of Community Bus Services
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £202,550 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a new multi-year contract and organic revenue growth. Per the trustees' report, free reserves have improved to £398,499, approaching the stated policy target of three months' gross budgeted expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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What the charity says about itself (2023/24)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report covers the financial year ending 31st March 2024, but is titled '2025 Annual Report'. The period is explicitly stated in the results section.
“Annual Results 1st April 2023– 31st March 2024”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).
- Paul Michael Jameschair
- Edward Timothy Richard Tallents
- Geoffrey York · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jacqueline Millar · trustee of 1 other charity
- Matthew James White
- Sarah Jayne Rowan
- Simon James Doble
- Tracey Smart
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £202,550 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a new multi-year contract and organic revenue growth. Per the trustees' report, free reserves have improved to £398,499, approaching the stated policy target of three months' gross budgeted expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.
Who funds COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS as a grant recipient include MOTABILITY, BARNWOOD TRUST, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF STROUD HOSPITALS AND RELATED HEALTH PROVISION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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