BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1135063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide transport options to people who find mainstream public transport difficult to access due to age, disability or geographical isolation. Assist the charitable work of organisations engaged in promoting social benefits to their members by providing appropriate transport solutions. Help minimise social exclusion, by providing affordable mobility accessible transport solutions.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE TO IN THE MAIN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD 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 ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES

Area of benefit: BRENTWOOD

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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Latest income

£320k

Latest spending

£310k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £22,125 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £365,645. The trustees report that general reserves of £294,216 provide 11.4 months of cover against annual expenditure, exceeding their policy target of six months. However, the trustees note that the operating environment remains challenging due to persistent inflation and financial pressures on key council funders.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“Total Staff Costs relating specifically to BCT for 2024/25 are £151,007”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Fares and Contracts (48% of income)

“Fares and Contracts 170,820” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of cover (held: £294k)

“Our current policy is, in normal circumstances, to aim to maintain our reserves to provide six months of cover.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07024763

Funders the charity credits

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

Essex County Council — “Essex County Council Grant Fund 11 Community Transport Scheme across Essex. A total of £1 million funding is shared across the schemes. Comm…” (source page)
Brentwood Borough Council — “Brentwood Borough Council works in partnership with Brentwood Community Transport and their funding helps towards some staffing costs and eq…” (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.

POPPY, Cliff — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
BENNETT, Clive — director, appointed 28/02/2023on trustee list
RICHARDSON, Steven David — director, appointed 01/10/2020on trustee list
NICHOLLS/ TREASURER, Stevens — director, appointed 17/09/2017not on trustee list
MYNOTT, Philip Christopher, Cllr — director, appointed 11/10/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Steven Richardsonchair
Cliff Poppy
Clive Bennett
PHILIP CHRISTOPHER MYNOTT
Steven Nicholls

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£320k	£310k
31/03/2024	£320k	£297k
31/03/2023	£314k	£261k
31/03/2022	£253k	£256k
31/03/2021	£226k	£175k

Common questions

Is BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY TRANSPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £22,125 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £365,645. The trustees report that general reserves of £294,216 provide 11.4 months of cover against annual expenditure, exceeding their policy target of six months. However, the trustees note that the operating environment remains challenging due to persistent inflation and financial pressures on key council funders. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.