HARBOROUGH COMMUNITY BUS

Registered charity 1167030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCB

THE OBJECT OF HARBOROUGH COMMUNITY BUS (HCB) IS THE PROVISION OF A CHARITABLE TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM THE MARKET HARBOROUGH AREA, OR INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THAT AREA, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR POVERTY.HCB IS OPERATED ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS UNDER A SECTION 19 BUS PERMIT. SMALL CHARGES ARE MADE TO CONTRIBUTE TO RUNNING COSTS.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO CALLED HARBOROUGH COMMUNITY BUS (HCB) IS THE PROVISION OF A CHARITABLE TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM THE MARKET HARBOROUGH AREA, OR INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THAT AREA, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR POVERTY.HCB IS THE CIO REPLACING AND AMALGAMATING TWO PRECURSOR REGISTERED CHARITIES NAMELY # 504931 - MARKET HARBOROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE VEHICLE FUND (CVF) AND# 1093671 - PEOPLE'S ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT FOR HARBOROUGH (PATH)THE MERGER REPRESENTS THE CULMINATION OF 18 MONTHS NEGOTIATIONS TO BRING THE GROUPS TOGETHER. THEIR OBJECTS, ARE TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES IDENTICAL, GIVING AN EXCELLENT FIT TO CONTINUE THEIR CHARITABLE WORKS AND TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A CIO AT THE SAME TIME.THIS APPLICATION IS FOR HCB. THE CVF AND PATH GROUPS CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND NOW HAVE THE SAME TRUSTEES - INDEED THE SAME TRUSTEES AS FOR HCB. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN THIS APPLICATION ABOUT CURRENT OPERATIONS AND FINANCES RELATE TO THE WORK OF CVF AND PATH ADDED TOGETHER. ONCE HCB IS REGISTERED, AND OPERATIONS COMBINED, CVF AND PATH WILL BOTH CLOSE.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates with no paid staff and relies on volunteer drivers and administrators. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains an operational contingency equivalent to three months of expenditure and holds unrestricted cash funds of £60,744 at year-end.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN FEAVYOUR QPMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Lander
• HARRY BUCHANAN
• Ian Milne
• Kevin Millard
• MR BOB BOURNE
• MR GERRY KEMPE
• MR MICK SQUIRRELL
• MR PHIL BAILDON
• Martin Ronald Arthur Doyle
• Robin Ager

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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