01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 1 November 2010
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £33,208
- Latest expenditure
- £34,934
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Firle House, Dolphin Lane, GILLINGHAM, Dorset, SP8 4HQ
Website recorded by the regulator: https://gillinghamcarlink.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The objects of the organisation are to provide transport facilities in Gillingham, Dorset and the surrounding SP8 area, for people who have special need of such facilities because they are elderly, poor, or disabled, people with young children or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate public transport facilities.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £33,208
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £34,934
- 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
- 12 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £30,019
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £30,218
- 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
- 4 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £25,754
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £33,682
- 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
- 8 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £20,035
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,312
- 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
- 22 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £13,829
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,215
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £33,208
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £34,934
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 25
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 12 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £30,019
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £30,218
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 21
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 4 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £25,754
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £33,682
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 25
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- 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
- 8 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £20,035
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,312
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 24
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- 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
- 22 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £13,829
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,215
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 16
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dorset
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GILLINGHAM AREA VOLUNTARY CAR LINK SCHEME
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2010-11-01T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28/04/2009AS AMENDED ON 26/10/2010AS AMENDED ON 20/05/2014
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN GILLINGHAM,DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING SP8 AREA FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OFSUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR OR DISABLED, PEOPLE WITH YOUNGCHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLICTRANSPORT FACILITIES.
- Area Of Benefit
- DORSET
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 377839
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- GILLINGHAM AREA CAR LINK (GACL)
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures