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Social welfare Charities That specialise in Community transport

Discover 593 Social welfare charities that specialise in community transport. Use the search below to filter within these results.

593
Charities
£14,612,203,955
Total Income
£515,149
Avg Income
86.5%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Exmouth Community Car Service

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To provide transport facilities in Exmouth and surrounding districts for people who have special needs because they are elderly and less able, who have difficulty in using public transport.

Latest Income: £45,587
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Wareham Lions Club (cio)

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

The charity raises funds to enable it to make grants to organisations and individuals in need within its local area. We operate a tail lift enables minibus using volunteer drivers from within the club to provide transport to mainly elderly local residents. We support international appeals raised by our parent body, Lions Clubs International.

Latest Income: £45,586
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Teddington And Hampton Wick Voluntary Care Group

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Door to door transport for those in need using volunteer drivers. Shopping buses with escorts for those who wish to shop for themselves but need assistance with accessible transport and carrying bags. Shopping for the housebound. Social activities for the lonely with transport provided, using accessible transport buses if needed.

Latest Income: £44,804
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Teme Wheels

Economic and community development, Social welfare

We provide community transport services for those who cannot drive or have no access to public transport. We cover the Teme Valley area and the borderlands of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. We run special trips called Countryside Rides to help alleviate loneliness.

Latest Income: £44,332
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Fish Volunteer Centre

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Housing, Social welfare

FISH Volunteer Centre provides services to the elderly or disabled primarily by driving them to appointments, taking them on shopping trips in the minibus, visiting the lonely in their homes and arranging a monthly afternoon tea as a social event.Services are provided by a group of volunteer drivers and helpers organised by a central group ofvolunteer office staff based in a small building.

Latest Income: £43,970
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Age Concern Deepings

Social care, Social welfare

Age Concern Deepings provide the following services: day care centre, luncheon club, Sunday club, visiting service, handyman service, minibus operation.

Latest Income: £43,088
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Bristol Shopmobility

Social welfare

The objects of the charitable company are to provide and promote shopmobility services to those with mobility impairments.

Latest Income: £42,853
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Neighbourcare New Milton

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Relieve residents in the Parish of New Milton & surrounds by providing volunteer transport & support for health or wellbeing related appointments or local shopping assistance for those who have special need of that provision because they are elderly, disabled, or by reason of poor health or living in isolated areas where there are no public transport facilities, or no affordable private transport.

Latest Income: £42,554
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Havering Shopmobility Association

Associations, Leisure, Social welfare

To provide equipment for hire to assist all persons with mobility problems to carry out local shopping, recreation and long term rental.

Latest Income: £42,530
Areas of Operation: Havering
Status: Registered
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Congleton Communicare

Social welfare

The provision of transport for residents registered a with medical practice in Congleton to attend medical appointments.

Latest Income: £42,141
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Bedale Community Minibus

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To provide affordable transport to those with disabilities, the elderly, local community groups and those in danger of becoming socially isolated.

Latest Income: £42,115
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Rochdale Borough Shopmobility

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

SHOPMOBILITY PROVIDES MANUAL AND POWERED WHEELCHAIRS,POWERED SCOOTERS AND VOLUNTEER ESCORTS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY SHOP WITH EASE AND ENJOYMENT IN ROCHDALE TOWN CENTRE. IT IS FOR ANYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE WHETHER THEIR DISABILITY IS TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT. SHOPMOBILITY ALSO PROVIDES ESCORTS FOR PEOPLE WITH SENSORY DIFFICULTIES TO HELP WITH SHOPPING.

Latest Income: £41,885
Areas of Operation: Rochdale
Status: Registered
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The Tisbury And District Community Minibus LTD

Social welfare

Wheelchair accessible community transport serving twenty-two villages and hamlets in South West Wiltshire and East Dorset.

Latest Income: £40,986
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Porthleven Companions

Leisure, Social welfare

Provide companionship, stimulation, activities, entertainment, bingo, speakers, competitions at a weekly meeting in Porthleven. Provide transport to and from weekly meetings, also for visiting restaurants, shopping, and outings for people living in Porthleven or surrounding areas.

Latest Income: £40,752
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Michael Gardner Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The charity continues to provide housing for disabled and elderly persons, minibuses collect the infirm, disabled and the elderly from local areas enabling them to attend services meetings and social functions.

Latest Income: £38,822
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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Pulborough And District Community Care Association

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Services & activities for (mostly older) people living in Pulborough & the surrounding villages, including a weekly lunch club, a befriending and visiting service, a parent/carer social Pop-In and community transport services.

Latest Income: £37,620
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Sixty Plus (potters Bar And South Mimms)

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Sixty Plus operates a weekday luncheon club for people over the age of 60 in Potters Bar and surrounding area. An escorted, specially adapted minibus service is available for those people who need assistance to get to and from the centre. Weekly bingo sessions are popular and outings and events take place several times a year.

Latest Income: £37,274
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Battle Area Community Transport

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfare

Provides regular bus services for the elderly, disabled and residents in rural Rother communities.

Latest Income: £36,943
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Manningtree And District Community Bus

Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

WE SUPPLY TRANSPORT TO LOCAL CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANISATION, ON A MODEST PENCE PER MILE BASIS TO COVER MOST OF OUR COSTS. SIMILARLY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE TAKEN ON REGULAR ORGANISED VISITS TO LOCAL SUPERMARKETS. A LIFT ENABLES US TO TAKE DISABLED PASSENGERS INCLUDING A FEW IN WHEELCHAIRS. ALL TRUSTEES AND DRIVERS ARE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS.

Latest Income: £36,929
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Shopmobility - Market Harborough

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity provides loaned electrical and manual wheelchairs and scooters for use by people with impaired mobility to enable access to shops, businesses & places of interest. Such equipment is also provided on short term hire and longer term hire outside the normal opening hours of the scheme. Escorts are provided to users who require such support.

Latest Income: £36,383
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Winslow And District Community Bus

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The objects of the charity are to operate and maintain, on a non-profit making basis, a community transport service for the benefit of the inhabitants of Winslow and District and in particular the relief of disdvantage, poverty,sickness, old age and distress through the provision of such a transport service. This includes trips for, shopping, excursions etc.

Latest Income: £35,903
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Rushbury C Of E Primary School - Mini Bus Transport Fund

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfare

To provide transport for the children of Rushburys C of E School and the funds raised from that help to assist in the facilities not required to be provided by the Local Education Authority.

Latest Income: £35,291
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Transport North East

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To provide transport facilities in the North East for people who have special need of such facilities because they are elderly,poor or disables, people with young chinldren or those liviv-ng in isolated areas where there are no adequite public transport facilities.

Latest Income: £34,871
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Care For Guildford

Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Housing, Social welfare

Care for Guildford is a "good neighbour" scheme offering practical help to anyone in need living in the old borough of Guildford through volunteers who provide transport, shopping and odd jobs in the home.

Latest Income: £34,839
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Devizes And District Link

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Provides Transport for the elderly, disabled and/or people with a low income to get them to & from Medical appointments at Hospital/Surgery, Shopping and other such good neighbour requirements.

Latest Income: £34,604
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many community-transport social welfare charities are there in the UK?

There are 593 registered community-transport social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the community-transport social welfare charities by income?

Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of community-transport social welfare charities?

Community-transport social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £14.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for community-transport social welfare charities?

Across all community-transport social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 86.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of community-transport social welfare charities?

Community-transport social welfare charities have an average annual income of £515k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.