VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE TRANSPORT (V E S T)

Registered charity 518275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIAL A BUS, RING A RIDE, V E S T COMMUNITY TRANSPORT DIAL A BUS - RING A RIDE, VEST COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

The operation of a fleet of specially adapted vehicles that provide a transport service for people for whom the use on conventional public transportation presents difficulties due to restricted mobility through illness,age or disability.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR:(1) PERSONS WHO HAVE A SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE DISABLED, INFORM, ELDERLY OR BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN;(2)YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED OF A TRANSPORT SERVICE SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE FACILITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE:(3)PERSONS LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES AND;(4)CHARITABLE GROUPS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH GLAMORGAN

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's general reserves decreased to £362,994 during the year, while the trustees remain satisfied they have adequate resources to fulfil their requirements for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net expenditure of £16,885, driven by increased costs and a fall in donations, though fares income increased slightly. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE DAVIES
• Keith Andrew Partridge
• MARTIN HEALEY
• Peter Arthur Jones
• Robert Gareth Jones
• Roger Charles Brown

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

Operates in: Cardiff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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