The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friendly Transport Service (Shropshire)

Registered charity 1131707 Registered since 2009

Operates: Shropshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

7.3y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Economic/community Development/employment 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General 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.

Other services 5Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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£359k latest income
50%
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendlybus.co.uk
Emailfriendlybus@hotmail.com
Phone01952881145
AddressFRIENDLY BUS, 57 HIGH STREET, BROSELEY, TF12 5EY

Finances

£358,872 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£187,254£160,526
2022£202,086£185,001
2023£216,502£205,248
2024£206,749£251,391
2025£358,872£293,779

What it does

What

DisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE COMPANY IS TO PROVIDE AND OPERATE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRIDGNORTH DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREA 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 ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 MARCH 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 29 JULY 2009

Trustees (6)

6trustees
75median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Friendly Transport Service (Shropshire) · 04770291 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/05/2003

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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