COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SUSSEX
Registered charity 1165527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CTS
Community Transport Sussex provides transport services and support to the residents & community groups across West Sussex and it's envirions, with the aim of relieving socail isolation and loneliness. Those services are aimed at all those people who, by way of; disability, age, mobility problems, financial disadvantage, rural or other isolation factor, find it difficult to access public transport.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £152,039, resulting in net current liabilities of £48,658. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves fall well short of their policy target of six months' anticipated expenditure, though they remain confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £32k; policy: six months anticipated expenditure)
“The Trustees are aware of the fact that the current level of unrestricted reserves falls well short of this” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Community Transport Sussex Trading Limited
“The investments constitute investments in subsidiary Community Transport Sussex Trading Limited.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Transport Sussex (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£27k
Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (27/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Yann Davieschair · trustee of 1 other charity
- ANDREW NORMAN BROCK · trustee of 3 other charities
- Abigail Dombey
- Girish Bhai Patel
- John Pudduck
- LYNN AUDREY LAMBERT
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SUSSEX financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £152,039, resulting in net current liabilities of £48,658. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves fall well short of their policy target of six months' anticipated expenditure, though they remain confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited.
Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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