Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

SOUTH SOMERSET COMMUNITY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT 

To provide accessible and affordable community transport to a rural area of South Somerst. The transport is for eligble groups and individuals who are socially, economically or physically disadvantaged and to encorage greater community participation of these people and those who are geographically isolated.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

southsomersetringride.org.uk

sscatbus@gmail.com

0196334594

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£139£128£11n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/22£124£121£2n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/21£158£114£44n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£141£143£-2n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/19£130£151£-22n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/18£102£152£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£88£149£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£219£130£89£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£123£119£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£90£118£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£122£124£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£126£115£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£112£114£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£107£120£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£148£145£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£107£105£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£120£98£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£93£80£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£159£63£95£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 18 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South Somerset Community Accessible Transport
£1,020 21/10/2023
CATBus is a vital service to individuals who are socially, economically or physically disadvantaged and those who are geographically isolated.
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards the overheads of a community transport scheme, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
£4,850 31/01/2023
To support the costs of accessible transport for people who are isolated or vulnerable.
Somerset Community Foundation - Maintaining a fleet of vehicles for a community transport service in Wincanton, Bruton, Castle Cary and surrounding villages
£2,500 21/07/2022
Maintaining a fleet of vehicles for a community transport service in Wincanton, Bruton, Castle Cary and surrounding villages
Somerset Community Foundation - Core costs of delivering a community transport scheme
£5,000 27/10/2021
Core costs of delivering a community transport scheme
Somerset Community Foundation - Social Car Scheme
£5,000 21/12/2017
11
Social car scheme for people who are isolated
Somerset Community Foundation - Cat Bus
£4,500 19/07/2016
10
Community transport for people who cannot access public services
National Lottery Community Fund - South Somerset Community Accessible Transport
£135,000 10/11/2010
60
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-79
  • JENNY HOLT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Wine Merchant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2004, number: 1101645
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/11/2003, number: 04968756
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WINCANTON AND DISTRICT AMBULANCE FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED ASSOCIATION on 26/04/2021
Main office

THE BALSAM CENTRE
BALSAM PARK
WINCANTON
SOMERSET
BA9 9HB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOMERSET AND IT'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH AS SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET, DORSET, WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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