West Norfolk Community Transport Project

Registered charity 1069180 Registered since 1998

Operates: Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

11y median 11y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Keith Leslie Shayshutt since 2017
Peter Brown since 2013

21.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Nicholas Clive Smith Chair
Keith Leslie Shayshutt since 2017

Portfolio (1)

Peter Brown since 2013

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Other Charitable Purposes 2General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Transport 3Health and social care 2Utilities 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.1 in 2021

70 from 75 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

76%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Forward DAY Centre Limited 1 shared trustee
West Norfolk Mencap 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

BS3 Community Development Similar size; both Other purposes
Coram Voice (Formerly Voice for the Child in Care) Similar size; both Other purposes
Asian Women's Resource Centre Similar size; both Other purposes
Mysociety Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.wnct.co.uk
Email	accounts@wnct.co.uk
Phone	01553776971
Address	West Norfolk Community Transport Pr, Unit 7-8, Merchants Close, KING'S LYNN, PE30 4JX

Finances

£2,650,251 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,676,587	£2,232,391
2022	£2,672,989	£2,515,245
2023	£2,659,037	£2,591,865
2024	£2,590,829	£2,432,702
2025	£2,650,251	£2,557,616

What it does

What

DisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF A PASSENGER OR GOODS TRANSPORT SERVICEFOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE WITHIN OR AROUND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AREAS OF KING'S LYNNAND WEST NORFOLK, BRECKLAND OR NORTH NORFOLK OR WHO ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIESOF LOCAL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUPS AND WHO BY REASON OF THEIR AGE,POVERTY, SICKNESS, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION AREUNABLE TO USE OR HAVE DIFFICULTY IN USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT; AND FOR CHARITABLEORGANISATIONS OR FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF OTHER VOLUNTARY GROUPS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH APRIL 1994, AS AMEND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 19TH SEPTEMBER 1997NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13/11/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/11/2015 as amended on 29 Jul 2025

Trustees (3)

3trustees

73median age

3aged 70+

Nicholas Clive Smithage band 70-74 Chair
Keith Leslie Shayshuttage band 70-74 since 2017
Peter Brownage band 80-84 since 2013

Linked company (Companies House)

West Norfolk Community Transport Project Limited · 02922015 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/04/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Forward DAY Centre Limited 1 shared trustee
West Norfolk Mencap 1 shared trustee

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