NEWTON ABBOT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1124719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CTA (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE (A) TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR: (1) PERSONS WHO HAVE A SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE DISABLED, INFIRM, ELDERLY OR POOR, (2) YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED OF A TRANSPORT SERVICE SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE FACILITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, (3) PERSONS LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, AND (4) CHARITABLE GROUPS. (B) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS, AND PROMOTE THE INDEPENDENCE, OF ANY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHICH RESTRICT THEIR MOBILITY, BUT WHO ARE CAPABLE OF USING THE EQUIPMENT THE SERVICE HAS TO OFFER BY PROVIDING: (1) PREMISES, WITH SUITABLE PARKING FACILITIES, WHICH ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO DISABLED PERSONS, AND (2) ELECTRIC OR MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS AND SCOOTERS, AND BASIC INSTRUCTION IN THE USE THEREOF, ON LOAN TO ENABLE USERS TO ACCESS SHOPPING AREAS, BUSINESSES, PLACES OF INTEREST, ETC. (3) THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF DAILY LIVING AIDS THAT ASSIST MOBILITY OR COMPENSATE FOR VARYING DEGREES OF IMMOBILITY OR DISABILITY TO PERSONS COMING WITHIN THE DESCRIPTIONS IN (A.1) OR (B) ABOVE WHO HAVE A PERSONAL NEED OF SUCH DAILY LIVING AIDS EVIDENCED WHERE APPROPRIATE BY PRESCRIPTION AND WHO, BECAUSE THEY COME WITHIN SUCH DESCRIPTIONS, WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING THEM.THE CTA WILL SERVE PRINCIPALLY THE AREAS OF NEWTON ABBOT AND THE SURROUNDING PARISHES OF WEST TEIGNBRIDGE AND EAST DARTMOOR. JOURNEYS MAY BE UNDERTAKEN TO OTHER AREAS OF THE UK TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS THAT USE THE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE TOURS OR OTHER TRIPS ON BEHALF OF BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: WEST TEIGNBRIDGE AND EAST DARTMOOR

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £183,952 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £379,246, with unrestricted reserves standing at £353,279. The trustees report slow but steady growth in services and confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL HOCKINGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alex James Hall
• Carol Ann Bunday
• JOHN DREW PIKE · trustee of 3 other charities
• KEITH ANTHONY WALTER
• PHILIP BULLIVANT · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED.

• NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £168k
• EXETER COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £132k
• EAST TEIGNBRIDGE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £162k
• NEWENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED income £1.4m
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
• NEWTOWN AND DISTRICT DIAL A RIDE income £203k

Side by side with its peers

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