Weardale Community Transport Limited

Analysis

Weardale Community Transport Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05515091). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Weardale Community Transport Limited reported income of £687k and spending of £680k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £469k to £687k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Weardale Community Transport Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Netherley Youth and Community Initiative Limited (£687k), Spiral Sussex (£689k) and The Living Paintings Trust (£685k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £108k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.