SOUTH HOLLAND PARISH VOLUNTARY CAR SERVICE

Registered charity 1139571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHPVCS

To provide low cost subsidised transport to people in need in the Parishes of South Holland using private cars driven by volunteer owner drivers

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH HOLLAND DISTRICT OF LINCOLNSHIRE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR OR DISABLED, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES

Area of benefit: THE SOUTH HOLLAND DISTRICT OF LINCOLNSHIRE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Holland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net surplus deficit of £8,658 for the year ended March 2026, compared to a deficit of £28,957 in the prior year. Free reserves carried forward were £21,712, derived from unrestricted funds including bank current and reserve accounts. The trustees report indicates the charity continues to operate within its financial constraints while meeting increased demand for its voluntary transport services.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 1 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 44
  • Government income: £24,799 — contracts £24,799 (16); 97% of the £25,524 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 47
  • Government income: £24,022 — grants £24,022 (15); 94% of the £25,464 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 39
  • Government income: £24,212 — contracts £24,212 (15); 87% of the £27,829 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£26k£34k
31/03/2025£25k£54k
31/03/2024£28k£26k
31/03/2023£25k£16k
31/03/2022£26k£17k

Common questions

Is SOUTH HOLLAND PARISH VOLUNTARY CAR SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net surplus deficit of £8,658 for the year ended March 2026, compared to a deficit of £28,957 in the prior year. Free reserves carried forward were £21,712, derived from unrestricted funds including bank current and reserve accounts. The trustees report indicates the charity continues to operate within its financial constraints while meeting increased demand for its voluntary transport services. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPALDING RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH HOLLAND PARISH VOLUNTARY CAR SERVICE£26k——unclear—no doubt
SPALDING RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH NORFOLK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2026£324k—0below—no doubt
Community Transport South West Ltd FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
SYSTON AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE FY2026£173k——above—no doubt
SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt

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