CUCKMERE COMMUNITY BUS LTD

Registered charity 1120494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDE A COMMUNITY BUS AND A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE

Objects

3. THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY BUS AND A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE, INCLUDING PRIVATE HIRE, FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX AND THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Area of benefit: EAST SUSSEX, WEST SUSSEX, BRIGHTON AND HOVE.

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 operated with a modest surplus of £9,852 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted net assets amounting to £294,039. The organization remains viable through volunteer labor and government support grants, maintaining cash reserves of £146,558 to meet projected outlays and future bus acquisitions. The trustees confirmed there are 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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERYL ANNE SMITHchair
• PHILIP MONTAGUE AYRES
• Paul Warren
• Wayne Evenden

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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