DRIVEN

Registered charity 1180561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Driven is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation providing transport facilities in the Borough of Wigan and the surrounding areas for persons who have need of such facilities by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial or other disadvantage or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate or safe public transport facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN THE BOROUGH OF WIGAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE OR SAFE 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted funds of negative £1,865, indicating a net liability position. The trustees report that the financial position remains stable and sustainable, supported by community donations, grants, and service fees. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.

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.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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).

• Reaching Communities Development Grant Fund — “Driven has been awarded £49000 from the Reaching Communities Development Grant Fund.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Caddick
• Gerard Hurst
• Howard Thorne
• Peter Garry
• Sharon Shaw

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).