Wigton and District Community Transport

Analysis

Wigton and District Community Transport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigton. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04287225). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Wigton and District Community Transport reported income of £14k and spending of £7,067, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £2,566 to £14k (+434%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 269%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Wigton and District Community Transport sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Drayton Parslow Village Hall (£14k), Veterans Volunteer Service (£14k) and Hodsoll Street and Ridley Village Hall Association (£14k).