EXMOUTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1158057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EXMOUTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GRP, EXMOUTH AND DISTRICT RING AND RIDE AND EXMOUTH RING AND RIDE

PROVIDES COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THOSE WITH A MOBILITY PROBLEM AND LONE PARENTS IN ISOLATED RURAL AREAS. THE CHARITY HAS THREE TAIL-LIFT MINIBUSES - A RING & RIDE BUS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND 2 COMMUNITY BUSES SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY DONATIONS, GRANTS ETC

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, DISABLED, POOR, MOTHERS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR PEOPLE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NOT ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN EXMOUTH AND SURROUNDING PARISHES IN DEVON, ENGLAND

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£85k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,270 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £79,674 to £70,404. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves stood at £51,746, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to six months of operational costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £52k; policy: three to six months of operational costs)

“At the year-end the Charity had a free reserve balance of £51,746 (2025: £62,395). This is in line with The Charity's reserve policy of three to six months of operational costs.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document explicitly states no related party transactions occurred.

“The Charity has not entered into any related party transaction during the year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Charity at 31 March 2026.” — page 27

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
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
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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £33,800 — grants £33,800 (8); 40% of the £85,175 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £36,667 — grants £36,667 (9); 40% of the £90,926 total gross income on the same return

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

Government income: £31,954 — grants £31,954 (8); 41% of the £77,988 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Exmouth & District Community Transport Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

JILL MARION ELSON · trustee of 1 other charity
LYNDA DOROTHY EVANS
MR JAMES BAILEY
Melanie Mock

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£85k	£94k
31/03/2025	£91k	£90k
31/03/2024	£78k	£94k
31/03/2023	£77k	£90k
31/03/2022	£59k	£85k

Common questions

Is EXMOUTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £9,270 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £79,674 to £70,404. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves stood at £51,746, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to six months of operational costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Griffin Chartered Accountants.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	29/09/2020	£30k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	2	£8k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE XCZ TRUST CIO	1	£3k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	1	£2k
THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION	1	£2k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OKEHAMPTON DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP.

OKEHAMPTON DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP income £100k
EXMOUTH COMMUNITY CAR SERVICE income £44k
EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED income £97k
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
FACT Community Transport income £872k
TRIP COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £444k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EXMOUTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP	£85k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
OKEHAMPTON DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EXMOUTH COMMUNITY CAR SERVICE FY2026	£44k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED FY2025	£97k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
FACT Community Transport FY2025	£872k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.