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watbus

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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

See where Watbus is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

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

Details

Address
Wansbeck Workspace
Wansbeck Business Park
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 8QZ
Registration Date
26 July 1999
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
3963308
Charity Number
1076729

Trustees

LESLIE JOHN KIDD
JOHN RICHARD WAKENSHAW
MR JIM DAVENPORT
Alistair Robert Wade
Graham Huntley

Sectors & Classifications

Social welfare

Also Known As

  • WANSBECK ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT