FRIENDS OF KING ALFRED BUSES

Registered charity 1175535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) preserves and maintains a unique collection of 13 buses, 3 coaches and 1 car once operated by the former King Alfred Motor Services Ltd, Winchester, between 1920 and 1973. By encouraging the public to experience free travel on preserved buses the group endeavours to create a wider appreciation of public transport.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £388,851 to £401,449, driven by a net income of £12,598 after total expenditure of £173,315 against total income of £101,341 plus prior year funds. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £401,449 with no stated reserves policy target or deficit disclosed.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of King Alfred Buses (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES DAVID FERDINAND FREEMANchair
• DAVID RICHARD LEDBURY
• HENRY PRATT
• Nicholas Philip Richardson
• ROGER CHARLES HARRIS
• Richard Aldous
• STEPHEN GEORGE BIGLEY
• William Lennox Staniforth

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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