ILFRACOMBE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1174976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the CIO is to relieve persons who are handicapped, aged, blind and otherwise disabled or disadvantaged in North Devon by providing transport such persons to and from such destinations as they require.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE HANDICAPPED, AGED, BLIND AND OTHERWISE DISABLED OR DISAVANTAGED IN NORTH DEVON BY PROVIDING TRANSPORT TO CONVEY SUCH PERSONS TO AND FROM SUCH DESTINATIONS AS THEY REQUIRE.

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
£179k
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £158,121 to £120,477 due to a net movement in funds of (15,332). The trustees report that reserves are lower than preferred following the purchase of three buses, though the charity remains committed to maintaining at least £25,000 in reserve.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £120k; policy: at least £25,000 in reserve to pay redundancy if we had to cease operating, plus at least one month’s average expenditure)
“These purchases have left our reserves lower than we prefer them to be” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£179k£194k
31/03/2024£146k£168k
31/03/2023£161k£152k
31/03/2022£164k£166k
31/03/2021£138k£139k

Common questions

Is ILFRACOMBE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £158,121 to £120,477 due to a net movement in funds of (15,332). The trustees report that reserves are lower than preferred following the purchase of three buses, though the charity remains committed to maintaining at least £25,000 in reserve.