BISHOP'S STORTFORD COMMUNITY TRANSPORT CIO

Registered charity 1172934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing community transport services for the elderly, disabled, people with young children and those living in isolated areas of Bishop's Stortford and surrounding area

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR OR DISABLED, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE 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.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £26,400 in instant access and notice accounts to fund day-to-day operations. The trustees report a flexible reserves policy with no set target amount, noting that no funds are in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and the accounts accord with those records.

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 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Jane Walter
• James Parker
• Keith Wood
• Richard Holloway · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen John Skinner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Bateman

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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