WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST

Registered charity 1194170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To carry on charitable purposes which benefit the community and in particular to provide a subsidised scooter and motorcycle loan scheme to individuals residing in the South West of England and its environs who are in need of such a service and to provide opportunities for said individuals to access work and training, participate in social and leisure activities.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£236k

Latest spending

£232k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £3,902 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £236,041 against outgoing resources of £232,139. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £359,868 at the period end, which the trustees confirmed conformed with their reserves policy. The charity remains a going concern with adequate working capital to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: net assets sufficient to accommodate the liquidity required by all businesses in amounts varying from time to time, and also to provide for an orderly and solvent winding-down of the business should the necessity arise (held: £360k)

“The Charity’s policy on reserves is to maintain, in its monthly management accounts and its annual accounts, net assets sufficient to accommodate the liquidity required by all businesses in amounts varying from time to time, and also to provide for an orderly and solvent winding-down of the business should the necessity arise.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Cornwall Council — “In 2024 Cornwall Council gave us a grant towards delivery of 3 scooters, enabling us to start supporting residents of Cornwall.” (source page)
Government Shared Prosperity Fund — “We received funding to run our Wheels 2 Work Electric programme through the Government Shared Prosperity Fund.” (source page)
Garfield Weston Foundation — “We were kindly donated £10,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation towards our work in converting our scooter fleet to electric .” (source page)
The National Lottery Community Fund — “In October 2020 we were awarded funding from the Social Enterprise Support Fund distributed by Resonance in order to meet the additional dem…” (source page)
29th May 1961 Charitable Trust — “With special thanks to Charitable Trusts who have supported us: 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust” (source page)
East Sussex County Council — “Active Access for Growth is a programme funded by East Sussex County Council. Devon Wheels 2 Work was contracted to run a programme in East …” (source page)
LiveWest — “In 2019 LiveWest kindly sponsored the purchase of a new scooter to benefit our communities.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £144k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony James McIntyrechair
CRAIG ANDREW CAREY CLINCH
John Charles Conway · trustee of 1 other charity
John Tony Harris
Marc Johnson
Michael John Ellis · trustee of 1 other charity
Sian Rhiannon Davis

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£236k	£232k
31/03/2024	£370k	£276k
31/03/2023	£457k	£289k
31/03/2022	£315k	£221k

Common questions

Is WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £3,902 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £236,041 against outgoing resources of £232,139. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £359,868 at the period end, which the trustees confirmed conformed with their reserves policy. The charity remains a going concern with adequate working capital to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST as a grant recipient include KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOTABILITY	1	£377k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	1	£347k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£81k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£75k
HANDSPARK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£70k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£60k
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£46k
THE BURDEN TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHEELS 2 WORK COUNTY DURHAM.

WHEELS 2 WORK COUNTY DURHAM income £192k
THE WHEELS PROJECT LIMITED income £351k
THE WHEELS PROJECT income £193k
WHEELS FOR WELLBEING income £456k
WORCESTER WHEELS income £931k
WINSTON'S WHEELS CHARITY income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WHEELS 2 WORK SOUTH WEST	£236k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHEELS 2 WORK COUNTY DURHAM FY2025	£192k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE WHEELS PROJECT LIMITED FY2025	£351k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE WHEELS PROJECT FY2025	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHEELS FOR WELLBEING FY2025	£456k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WORCESTER WHEELS FY2025	£931k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.