WELSH BORDER COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1169910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide transport facilities in County of Flintshire (or its successor) and the surrounding areas for the use of charitable organisations and other community groups for carrying out charitable purposes or for individuals who have special need of such facilities because they are disabled, sick or elderly or living in isolated areas where there are no adequate public transport facilities.

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN COUNTY OF FLINTSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE USE OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR CARRYING OUT CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE DISABLED, SICK, OR ELDERLY, OR LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

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 FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £56,345 for the year ended 31 December 2025, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £252,343, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations and cover potential redundancy costs in the event of significant funding drops. The charity remains dependent on the Welsh Government Bus Service Support Grant, which was lower than the previous year and less than requested.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cherry Denise Evanschair
• ARNOLD WOOLLEY DIPIM
• Chris Bolton
• Glyn Hayes
• Lynda Mellor
• Michael Harris
• PAULA ANNE ELIZABETH WOOLLEY
• Raymond Peters
• Sandra Donoghue

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

Operates in: Flintshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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