DEVON GENERAL OMNIBUS TRUST

Registered charity 1153451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of public knowledge of the history and evolution of the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Company Limited and preservation of surviving former Devon General vehicles

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT AND IN PARTICULAR THE HISTORY OF THE DEVON GENERAL OMNIBUS & TOURING COMPANY AND ITS SUCCESSORS THROUGH:A) ESTABLISHING AND PRESERVING FOR POSTERITY A REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTION OF PASSENGER SERVICE VEHICLES FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE COMPANY AND ITS SUCCESSORS IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE WIDER AREA COVERED BY THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND;B) FACILITATING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO VIEW AND TRAVEL ON THE VEHICLES AND THEREBY EXPERIENCE AN EARLIER ERA OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON;C) PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR RETENTION, DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES IN THE TRADITIONAL CRAFTS AND SPECIALIST SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED RELICS;D) ENABLING THE RAISING OF FUNDS FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES. IN DOING SO, THE CHARITY MUST NOT RAISE ANY SUBSTANTIAL PERMANENT TRADING ACTIVITY.

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 FY2026 accounts

The provided document is limited to the cover page and the Independent Examiner's Report for the Devon General Omnibus Trust for the year ended 5 April 2026. It confirms that the examination was completed and no material matters were found that would cause concern regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations, but it does not contain financial data to assess financial health.

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 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Jesse Baileychair
• Martin John White
• Paul Richard Jenkins

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bournemouth · Bristol City · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Hampshire · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

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