Bridgend Community Transport Ltd
What it does
Provision of transport services for people who have a special need for such a service because they are: disabled; infirm; elderly; by reason of financial hardship hardship or social and economic circumstances; people with young children; young people; people living in isolated areas without adequate public transport. Voluntary and Charitable groups are also transport service beneficiaries.
Its charitable purposes
THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR:(1) PERSONS WHO HAVE A SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE DISABLED, INFIRM, 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) VOLUNTARY AND CHARITABLE GROUPS
Causes
- What it works on
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Bridgend
- Cardiff
- Neath Port Talbot
- City of Swansea
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
Area of benefit in its governing document: Ogwr
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £302,539 and spent £305,792.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £302,539 | £305,792 | Not reported | 4 |
| 31 March 2024 | £285,167 | £298,997 | Not reported | 4 |
| 31 March 2023 | £252,329 | £296,018 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2022 | £246,919 | £217,657 | Not reported | 3 |
| 31 March 2021 | £242,977 | £196,445 | Not reported | 4 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 25%, from £242,977 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £302,539 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 101% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £141,469 from 3 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £141,469 from 3 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £141,469 from 3 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £141,469 from 3 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £139,041 from 4 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £150,978 from 4 grants | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 54 payments to this charity worth £145,336 between 4 September 2020 and 16 June 2026.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouthshire County Council | £145,336 | 54 | 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 |
In council meetings
Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.
12 April 2023, Bridgend
Named in an agenda item or minute of Council
To receive the following Questions from:
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Clive Vivian JenkinsChair
- Ceri Edwards
- Janet Elizabeth Williams
- Kerry Anne Lane
- Tudor Brent Parry
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 20 January 2026, 11 days early | Received 20 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 23 January 2025, 8 days early | Received 23 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 16 January 2024, 15 days early | Received 16 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 26 January 2023, 5 days early | Received 26 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 18 January 2022, 13 days early | Received 18 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1004074
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 9 September 1991
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/08/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/12/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/06/2014
- Company number
- 02637171This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.bridgendcommunitytransport.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Bridgend
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
- In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.