TAVISTOCK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1171763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It provides community transport services in the Tavistock, West Devon and East Cornwall areas through the operation of the Tavistock Country Bus.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS OF TAVISTOCK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS, DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), POVERTY OR A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

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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Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with total general reserves of £141,365. The charity reported a surplus of £6,334 for the year ended 31 December 2025, funded primarily by operating subsidies from local councils and fares. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to allow for the purchase of a new bus every six years.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to allow the purchase of a new bus every 6 years (held: £141k)

“The policy is to hold reserves to allow the purchase of a new bus every 6 years”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by NIGEL W. RENDLE ACMA, CGMA. 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Jeremy Langtonchair
COLIN FREDERICK GRICE
John Carr
ROBIN ALFRED BURDFIELD
Roger Barry John Huish

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£31k	£25k
31/12/2024	£31k	£31k
31/12/2023	£28k	£21k
31/12/2022	£34k	£22k
31/12/2021	£24k	£20k

Common questions

Is TAVISTOCK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with total general reserves of £141,365. The charity reported a surplus of £6,334 for the year ended 31 December 2025, funded primarily by operating subsidies from local councils and fares. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to allow for the purchase of a new bus every six years. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by NIGEL W. RENDLE ACMA, CGMA.