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Registered charity · Cardiff

Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V E S T)

Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V E S T) is a registered charity (number 518275) based in Cardiff, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £395k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Dial A BUS, Ring A Ride, V E S T Community Transport Dial A BUS - Ring A Ride, Vest Community Transport (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £395k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Cardiff, Vale Of Glamorgan
Website
vestcommunitytransport.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V.E.S.T.)
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£395k£412k
  • 2024£408k£401k
  • 2023£392k£401k
Earlier years
  • 2022£326k£354k
  • 2021£312k£328k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 87%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR:(1) PERSONS WHO HAVE A SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE DISABLED, INFORM, ELDERLY OR BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN;(2)YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED OF A TRANSPORT SERVICE SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE FACILITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE:(3)PERSONS LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES AND;(4)CHARITABLE GROUPS.

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.

2y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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 4

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£395k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
518275
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 SEPTEMBER 1986, AMENDED 23 MARCH 2001 AS AMENDED 18 FEBRUARY 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 OCTOBER 2013. as amended on 13 Oct 2025
Companies House
Company number 02059997 · Active
Contact on the register
02920490335 · enquiries@vest.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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