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Knotty Ash Community Transport

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1140229LiverpoolCommunity and economic development
Income£988k2025-06-30
Spending£951ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctCommunity and economic development
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees8latest return

Analysis

Knotty Ash Community Transport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 2011, 15 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 06627417). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Knotty Ash Community Transport reported income of £988k and spending of £951k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £701k to £988k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Knotty Ash Community Transport sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Warrington Voluntary Action (£987k), Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service (£992k) and Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3sc) (£985k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £204k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

Income and spending

£0£247k£494k£741k£988k2021 Income: £701,1002021 Spending: £681,10920212022 Income: £692,1382022 Spending: £759,15420222023 Income: £884,6302023 Spending: £890,66920232024 Income: £898,6142024 Spending: £840,09620242025 Income: £988,0282025 Spending: £951,2202025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Trading 100%

In the charity's own words

The object of the company is to provide a community transport service for inhabitants of Liverpool East, Knowsley and surrounding areas who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical), or poverty, or because of a lack of availability of adequate public passenger services.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Warrington Voluntary ActionCheshire£987k
Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary ServiceLondon£992k
Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3sc)Cardiff£985k
Beighton Bizzy Bee Playgroups LimitedSheffield£1.0m