Ashbourne Community Transport
Analysis
Ashbourne Community Transport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05329004). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Ashbourne Community Transport reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ashbourne Community Transport sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include School Food Matters (£1.5m), Carers in Bedfordshire (£1.6m) and Phoenix Sports and Recreation (Rotherham) (£1.5m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 82% and charitable activities 16%. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £317k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 0.6%
- Charitable activities 16%
- Trading 82%
- Other 1.2%
In the charity's own words
To provide transport facilities for those residents of West Derbyshire, southern Derbyshire Dales focused on Ashbourne and surrounding villages, East Staffordshire and Staffordshire Moorlands (southern Peak) who have difficulty in using public transport because of age, sickness, mental or physical disability, or because of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| School Food Matters | London | £1.5m |
| Carers in Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire | £1.6m |
| Phoenix Sports and Recreation (Rotherham) | Rotherham | £1.5m |
| Change Please Foundation | London | £1.6m |