CAREBUS VOLUNTEER GROUP

Registered charity 1212890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAREBUS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

The object of the CIO is to assist elderly, disabled and socially disadvantaged persons and members of organised social groups resident in, or attending locations in, the eastern parishes of the West Berkshire Council area to attend medical and therapy appointments, social, educational, shopping and other activities using a small fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles and volunteers' own cars.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ASSIST ELDERLY, DISABLED AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS AND MEMBERS OF ORGANISED SOCIALGROUPS RESIDENT IN, OR ATTENDING LOCATIONS IN, THE EASTERN PARISHES OF THE WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL AREA TO ATTEND MEDICALAND THERAPY APPOINTMENTS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, SHOPPING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THIS IS DONE BY THE USEOF A SMALL FLEET OF FULLY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES (?WAV?S) AND MINIBUSES OWNED BY THE CIO AND ALSO MEMBERS'PRIVATE CARS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £1,761 for the year, with total income increasing to £32,393 and total expenses at £30,632. Cash reserves rose to £18,082, of which £13,000 has been earmarked for vehicle replacement. The accounts were verified by an Independent Assessor, who noted a minor under-reporting of income and expenses that did not affect the overall cash position.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mary Ann Jacobs BA, MITDchair
• Anil Kumar Batra BA Econ
• Peter Johnson M.Phil
• Robert Sebastian Jacobs BA, FCA

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHERBORNE VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE CIO.

• SHERBORNE VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE CIO income £25k
• CARLISLE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £45k
• MOVEMENT TO WORK income £868k
• VETERANS INTO LOGISTICS income £873k
• ILFRACOMBE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION income £179k
• THE RAMP income £904k

Side by side with its peers

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