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watbus

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, and other defined groups. Watbus is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Northumberland and operates in Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

WATBus has been established since 1998 and continues to provide minibus transport to community groups & individuals within Northumberland and throughout the North East of England. WATBike, our other organisation focuses on getting adults back onto bikes for their own health & wellbeing. Both parts of our charity, WATBus & WATBus work together to benefit people who use our service.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£958,109
Latest Expenditure
£847,652

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 87.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 98.4%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 20.5%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £27,031
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £929,004
Investments £2,074
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £834,496
Raising Funds £13,156
Governance £160,358
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£958,109£847,652£834,496£551,589£551,58919 / 30
2023£812,272£727,986£727,986£441,132£415,00215 / 30
2022£703,179£609,894£607,794£356,846£330,71610 / 30
2021£410,394£404,3340 / 20
2020£430,677£349,3880 / 15

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers