Registered charity (CIO) · Reading
Burghfield and Mortimer Handybus
- 6 trustees
- Income £20k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- West Berkshire, Hampshire
- Website
- www.thehandybus.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£16k
- 2024£22k£18k
- 2023£23k£20k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£15k
- 2021£14k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 48%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT TO THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS OF BURGHFIELD, MORTIMER AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES IN ENABLE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:(A) SHOPPING TRIPS(B) ATTENDANCE TO LOCAL SOCIAL CLUBS(C) ATTENDING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS(D) PROVIDING DAY TRIPSOUR PRINCIPAL CUSTOMERS EITHER HAVE NO ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT OR IF THEY DO CANNOT MAKE USE OF IT DUE TO AGE OR DISABILITY.
Grants received
2 grants · £846 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 · £846 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Philip Church Chair since 2016
- Andrew Crowther since 2024
- Anthony David Smithurst since 2016
- Christopher John Skerritt since 2024
- Derek Butler since 2016
- Donald Harwood since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip Church Chair since 2016
- Anthony David Smithurst since 2016
- Derek Butler since 2016
- Donald Harwood since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Philip Church Chair since 2016
- Andrew Crowther since 2024
- Anthony David Smithurst since 2016
- Christopher John Skerritt since 2024
- Derek Butler since 2016
- Donald Harwood since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1170252
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Nov 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01189836611 · thehandybus@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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