Melksham Area Community Transport

Registered charity 270300 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M C C S, MELKSHAM COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, Melksham Community Transport

To provide community transport for the local community area offering transport to disabled people and those with mobility problems, senior citizens, care homes, sheltered housing, clubs, community groups, schools and for special events.

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£118k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The Chairman's report indicates that the long-term viability of the charity is a concern due to difficulties in obtaining grants for replacement vehicles.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The long-term viability of the charity continues to cause some concern as grants for replacement vehicles are proving difficult to obtain.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAM HOGGchair
Robert Stead
Sarah Lizbeth Stead
Terri Welch · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£117k	£118k
31/03/2024	£107k	£111k
31/03/2023	£140k	£135k
31/03/2022	£82k	£93k
31/03/2021	£97k	£127k

Common questions

Is Melksham Area Community Transport financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The Chairman's report indicates that the long-term viability of the charity is a concern due to difficulties in obtaining grants for replacement vehicles. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON	1	£13k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE.

COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE income £248k
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £2.0m
CALNE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £410k
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA income £1.2m
FOUR TOWNS AND VALE LINK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £665k
WANDSWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Melksham Area Community Transport	£117k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SOUTH WILTSHIRE FY2025	£248k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
CALNE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£410k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FOR THE LEWES AREA FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FOUR TOWNS AND VALE LINK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£665k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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