Lydney Dial-A-Ride and Community Transport

Analysis

Lydney Dial-A-Ride and Community Transport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02633594). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lydney Dial-A-Ride and Community Transport reported income of £968k and spending of £839k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £448k to £968k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lydney Dial-A-Ride and Community Transport sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley Leisure Limited (£968k), Hatzola Edgware (£968k) and Hamoaze House (£968k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71% and trading 25%. Charitable activities took 18% of spending and raising funds 80%. Reserves of £209k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.