DAVENTRY AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Registered charity 1170448 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DACT

The objects of the CIO are to provide community transport and mobility services for such of the inhabitants of Daventry District and bordering areas who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical), or poverty, or because of lack of availability of safe and suitable public transport and any other charitable activity ancillary to the above.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SERVICES FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF DAVENTRY DISTRICT AND BORDERING AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF SAFE AND SUITABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE.

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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Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £17,115 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to a reduction in grant funding. Despite this loss, the charity maintains a strong financial position with total unrestricted funds of £440,374, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of six months' unrestricted running costs (£185,700). The auditors confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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
• 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)

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Heart of England Co-operative — “Thank You toThe Heart of England Co-operative Helping Hearts Scheme Who very kindly has awarded us with a £250 voucher to spend in the South…” (source page)
• Rotary Club of Danetre Daventry — “Thank You Rotary Club of Danetre Daventry On Tuesday 17th Dec 2024 some of the DACT Staff and Ian one of our volunteer drivers, braved the c…” (source page)
• The Hive Travel Club — “Thank You The Hive Travel Club Who we received a cheque for £500 from, following some fundraising they did on Wednesday 11th Dec 2024.” (source page)
• Arc Cinema Daventry — “Thank You Arc Cinema Daventry We at DACT want to say an enormous thank you to Wendy and the team at Arc Cinema Daventry for choosing us to b…” (source page)
• Drayton Residents Association — “Thank You Drayton Residents Association Who we received a cheque for £400 from. Which was presented at there AGM 15th October 2019” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAULINE SANDRA MARY O'CONNORchair
• ADRIAN FINCH
• David Arnold
• David Kitchen
• Graham Newman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Heward Shemilt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jessica Rose Henderson
• Premilla Chauhan
• Rosemary Binder

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ILFRACOMBE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION.

• ILFRACOMBE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £179k
• IVYBRIDGE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £118k
• BISHOP'S STORTFORD COMMUNITY TRANSPORT CIO income £86k
• RYEDALE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT CIO income £666k
• COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP (LEICESTERSHIRE) income £158k
• OKEHAMPTON DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT GROUP income £100k

Side by side with its peers

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