EALING COMMUNITY TRANSPORT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 1 April 2010
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07211806
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £6,946,491
Latest expenditure: £7,097,229
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Greenford Depot, Greenford Road, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 9AN

Website recorded by the regulator: www.ectcharity.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Ealing Community Transport delivers safe, accessible and affordable community transport for communities across the UK. IT provides flexible and responsive transport solutions to communities with unmet transport needs. ECT's services enable people with mobility difficulties or those who lack access to ordinary public transport to live independent lives and participate in their communities.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £6,946,491
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,097,229

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 13 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 13 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £6,375,821
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,417,986

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £5,760,930
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,584,989

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,109,869
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,986,471

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 16 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £5,144,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,927,188

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £6,946,491
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,097,229
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 9
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 6194446
Income From Government Grants: £167,878
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 13 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £6,375,821
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,417,986
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 20
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 5568281
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £5,760,930
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,584,989
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 15
Count Govt Grants: £8
Income From Government Contracts: 5175499
Income From Government Grants: £128,472
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,109,869
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,986,471
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 10
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £14
Income From Government Contracts: 4548141
Income From Government Grants: £100,534
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £5,144,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,927,188
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 9
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £22
Income From Government Contracts: 3531342
Income From Government Grants: £371,170
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 25

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 53789
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 6842895
Income Investments: 44348
Income Other: 5459
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6946491
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £7,097,229
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 7097229
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 76795
Expenditure Support Costs: 1052630
Expenditure Depreciation: 500430
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,166,997
Assets Total Fixed: 2536562
Assets Own Use: 2536562
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,788,753
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,530,140
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,795,175
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1816559
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 713581
Assets Cash: £2,457,755
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3637959
Funds Restricted: 157216
Funds Total: 3795175
Count Employees: 218
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 13 November 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 0
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 6156439
Income Investments: 38981
Income Other: 180401
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6375821
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £40,800
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,377,186
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6417986
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 64228
Expenditure Support Costs: 833959
Expenditure Depreciation: 493106
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,800,986
Assets Total Fixed: 2098832
Assets Own Use: 2098828
Assets Long Term Investment: 4
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,457,303
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,610,222
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,945,913
Creditors One Year Total Current: 734445
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 875777
Assets Cash: £2,389,041
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3800986
Funds Restricted: 144927
Funds Total: 3945913
Count Employees: 216
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 40
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 5737048
Income Investments: 11660
Income Other: 12182
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5760930
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,584,989
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 5584989
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 64228
Expenditure Support Costs: 690681
Expenditure Depreciation: 367055
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,998,078
Assets Total Fixed: 925108
Assets Own Use: 925104
Assets Long Term Investment: 4
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,093,289
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,030,319
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,988,078
Creditors One Year Total Current: 498583
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 531736
Assets Cash: £2,740,140
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3988078
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3988078
Count Employees: 214
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 86
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 4943256
Income Investments: 20045
Income Other: 146472
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5109859
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,986,471
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4986471
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 46333
Expenditure Support Costs: 536150
Expenditure Depreciation: 350907
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 30783
Reserves: £3,812,437
Assets Total Fixed: 934916
Assets Own Use: 934916
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,615,937
Assets Total Liabilities: £738,716
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,812,137
Creditors One Year Total Current: 347037
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 391679
Assets Cash: £2,810,023
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3812137
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3812137
Count Employees: 203
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 November 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 5345
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 4745187
Income Investments: 21106
Income Other: 373316
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5144954
Income Legacies: 5345
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,927,188
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4927188
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 59318
Expenditure Support Costs: 536150
Expenditure Depreciation: 448791
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,400,000
Assets Total Fixed: 1419447
Assets Own Use: 1019447
Assets Long Term Investment: 400000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,969,233
Assets Total Liabilities: £699,941
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,688,739
Creditors One Year Total Current: 308262
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 391679
Assets Cash: £2,068,335
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3688739
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3688739
Count Employees: 211
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hounslow
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bournemouth
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dorset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Poole
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire West & Chester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Ealing
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: EALING COMMUNITY TRANSPORT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2010-04-01T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 APR 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 SEP 2017 as amended on 14 Mar 2022
Charitable Objects: 2.1 TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF AND ACCESS TO TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR, DISABLED OR INFIRM OR BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES OR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS 2.2 TO ASSIST THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES ENGAGED IN THE RELIEF OF THOSEIN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY;2.3 TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONOF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITYOR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THEPUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;2.4 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY;2.5 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND ANY NEWCHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures