CHATTERBUS CIO

Registered charity 1173907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The CIO administers the C1, C2 and C3 bus services in the Cobham area and looks to provide concessionary travel to those who need it.

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN NORTH SURREY AND 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.

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Registered contact address: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £17,394 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £5,827 from £23,221 the previous year. The trustees note that reserves remain important to cope with unforeseen events and that the charity is reliant on fundraising and short-term grants from sponsors.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Elmbridge Borough Council — “Chatterbus could not run without the help of our four Principle Sponsors – Elmbridge Borough Council , Surrey County Council , Chelsea FC F…” (source page)
• Surrey County Council — “Chatterbus could not run without the help of our four Principle Sponsors – Elmbridge Borough Council , Surrey County Council , Chelsea FC F…” (source page)
• Chelsea FC Foundation — “Chatterbus could not run without the help of our four Principle Sponsors – Elmbridge Borough Council , Surrey County Council , Chelsea FC F…” (source page)
• Walton Charity — “Chatterbus could not run without the help of our four Principle Sponsors – Elmbridge Borough Council , Surrey County Council , Chelsea FC F…” (source page)
• PA Housing — “Chatterbus could not run without the help of our four Principle Sponsors – Elmbridge Borough Council , Surrey County Council , Chelsea FC F…” (source page)
• Co-op — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)
• Levanter Developments — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)
• Grosvenor Billinghurst — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)
• NFU Mutual — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)
• Specsavers — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)
• South West Railway — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)
• Waitrose — “We are also very grateful to our fantastic Sponsors Co-op, Levanter Developments, Grosvenor Billinghurst, NFU Mutual, Specsavers, South West…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR GERALD ACHER CBE LVOchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Peter Burley
• Clare Briscoe
• Elizabeth Jane Halliwell
• IAN STEWART NELSON FCA
• John Kingston
• Katerina Lusk Posledni
• Lady Joyce Kathleen Acher
• Leonard John Hobhouse Beighton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Patrick Stott
• SUSAN MARY GRAVES

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• DAVENTRY AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £419k
• UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE IN CAMBRIDGE (CIO) income £494k
• SUNDERLAND COMMUNITY TRANSPORT CIO income £80k
• COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
• CUCKMERE COMMUNITY BUS LTD income £330k

Side by side with its peers

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