The Chilterns Dial-A-Ride

Analysis

The Chilterns Dial-A-Ride is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bucks. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Chilterns Dial-A-Ride reported income of £35k and spending of £44k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £177k to £35k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Chilterns Dial-A-Ride sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Friends of Shannon Court (£35k), Forest Green Village Hall (£35k) and Daventry New Street Day Centre (£35k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.