Registered charity · King's Lynn
West Norfolk Community Transport Project
West Norfolk Community Transport Project is a registered charity (number 1069180) based in King's Lynn, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Nicholas Clive Smith. Latest income £2.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £2.7m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire
- Website
- www.wnct.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- West Norfolk Community Transport Project Limited
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.7m£2.6m
- 2024£2.6m£2.4m
- 2023£2.7m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.7m£2.5m
- 2021£2.7m£2.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 64% · Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
3 grants · £26,262 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Transport · £16,262 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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
- Nicholas Clive Smith Chair
- Keith Leslie Shayshutt since 2017
- Peter Brown since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Keith Leslie Shayshutt since 2017
- Peter Brown since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Nicholas Clive Smith Chair
- Keith Leslie Shayshutt since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Brown since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1069180
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 02922015 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01553776971 · accounts@wnct.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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