## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date **From To** Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 January 2025 31 December 2025 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details **Charity name** Chippenham Link **Other names charity is known by** ~~———1~~ 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1067820 

**Charity's principal address** 9 Partridge Close 

Chippenham Wiltshire 

**Postcode** SN14 6XY 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person**<br>**(or body)**<br>**entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1 Mrs C Carter|1 Mrs C Carter|Chair|||
|2 Mrs H Harrison|2 Mrs H Harrison|Treasurer|1/1/2025 – 1/6/2025||
|3 Mr J Schofield|3 Mr J Schofield|Treasurer|1/6/2025-30/12/2025||
|4 Ms S Weeks|4 Ms S Weeks||||
|5 Mr J Oliver|5 Mr J Oliver||||
|6 Mr P Kemp|6 Mr P Kemp|Secretary|||
|7 Mr B Stephens|7 Mr B Stephens||||
|8 Mr I Blackwell|8 Mr I Blackwell||||



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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Independent**<br>**Examiner**|Watchman<br>Accountants Ltd|48 The Causeway,<br>Chippenham,<br>Wiltshire<br>SN15 3DD|



## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

Constitution 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

Trust 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods 

By Trustees 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

Chippenham Link provides a community transport service, it works in line with best practice provided by Community First and Wiltshire Council. 

The Trustees of Chippenham Link identify, record and manage risks using an industry standard risk management framework. 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

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**Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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|---|---|
|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its governing**<br>**document**<br>**Summary of the main activities**<br>**undertaken for the public**<br>**benefit in relation to these**<br>**objects (include within this**<br>**section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit)**|To relieve the poor, sick, elderly and disabled persons living in<br>Chippenham by the provision or by assisting in the provision of<br>services calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such<br>persons.|
||Chippenham Link provides a community transport service, helping<br>people within our community get to their medical appointments.  Most<br>of our users are elderly or have infirmities that make accessing public<br>transport difficult.<br>The charity is managed by a small team of Trustees, who meet<br>regularly to ensure that the charity is operating in line with its<br>constitution and is meeting the objects set out in its governing<br>document.  The Trustees believe that Chippenham Link provides public<br>benefit in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission.<br>The Trustees of Chippenham Link do not benefit from the services that<br>the charity provides.|



## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

During 2025, Chippenham Link undertook 4,924 journeys, transporting **Summary of the main** people of Chippenham to medical appointments and social activities, **achievements of the charity** travelling in excess of 104,000 miles.  Our 39 volunteers gave an average **during the year** of 275 hours each to support our local community 

## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Reserves are held by the charity to allow its operation to remain effective **Brief statement of the charity’s** over the longer term and to smooth out any variances between the **policy on reserves** income it receives and the expenditure it incurs.  Any surplus funds, which are not required immediately are placed on deposit. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

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## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

Chippenham Link’s main source of income is donations from the users of the transport service it provides. 

Its main expenditure is mileage expenses to the volunteer drivers undertaking the transport service.  These are paid in line with HMRC rates. 

Other expenditure is on operational management and governance of the charity. 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** ~~Se~~ 

~~ee~~ **Section G                    Declaration** ~~re~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 


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## **Chippenham Link Transport** 

## **Income and Expenditure Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025** 

|**Unrestricted Funds**<br>**Income**<br>Donations - Clients<br>Donated  Mileage Claim from Drivers<br>Donations - Other<br>Interest Received<br>Other Income<br>**Total Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>Driver's Mileage Expenses<br>Drivers Sundry Expenses<br>Audit & Accountancy Fee<br>General Expenses<br>Printing & Stationary<br>Telephone, Mobile & Internet<br>Management Expenses<br>Insurance<br>IT Software & Consumables<br>Telephone & Computer Equipment<br>Co-Ordinators Laptops<br>Website costs<br>Venue Hire<br>Bank Fees<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>Excess/Loss of Surplus over Expenditure<br>**Restricted Funds (Social Fund)**<br>**Income**<br>Donations<br>**Total Income**|66 209 00<br>£<br>160 00<br>£<br>148 00<br>£<br>3 433 61<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>69 950 61<br>£<br>54 091 00<br>£<br>1 169 00<br>£<br>150 00<br>£<br>328 00<br>£<br>564 00<br>£<br>353 00<br>£<br>79 00<br>£<br>428 00<br>£<br>974 00<br>£<br>970 00<br>£<br>£                        -<br>-<br>£<br>72 00<br>£<br>8 00<br>£<br>59 186 00<br>£<br>10 764 61<br>£<br>504 00<br>£<br>504 00<br>£<br>**Year Ending 31**<br>**Dec 2025**|74 440 00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>200 00<br>£<br>3 302 70<br>£<br>100 00<br>£<br>**Year Ending 31**<br>**Dec 2024**|
|---|---|---|
|||78 042 70<br>£|
|||52 935 00<br>£<br>358 00<br>£<br>150 00<br>£<br>704 00<br>£<br>602 00<br>£<br>1 149 00<br>£<br>80 00<br>£<br>462 00<br>£<br>824 00<br>£<br>2 108 00<br>£<br>3 822 00<br>£<br>72 00<br>£<br>108 00<br>£|
|||63 374 00<br>£|
||||
|||14 668 70<br>£|
|||305 00<br>£|
|||305 00<br>£|



|**Expenditure**<br>Paid by Social Fund for AGM & Dinner<br>Social Events<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>Surplus / Deficit for the Period<br>**Funds Available**<br>General Funds<br>Social Fund<br>**Total Funds Available**<br>**Represented by:**<br>Natwest Business Current Account, balance at    31<br>December 2025<br>Natwest Savings Account, balance as at               31<br>December 2025<br>Scottish Widows Charities Deposit Fund as at     31<br>December 2025<br>Barclays Community Account (Social Fund) as at 31<br>December 2025<br>**Total £**|1 886 00<br>£<br>509 00<br>£<br>2 395 00<br>£<br>1 891 00<br>-£<br>129 736 20<br>£<br>15 954 83<br>£<br>145 691 03<br>£<br>30 519 63<br>£<br>63 588 32<br>£<br>35 628 25<br>£<br>15 954 83<br>£<br>145 691 03<br>£|270 00<br>£<br>1 500 00<br>£|
|---|---|---|
|||1 770 00<br>£|
||||
|||1 465 00<br>-£|
|||119 982 58<br>£<br>18 281 08<br>£|
|||138 263 66<br>£|
|||34 032 61<br>£<br>51 791 02<br>£<br>34 158 95<br>£<br>18 281 08<br>£|
|||138 263 66<br>£|



## **Signed on behalf of Chippenham Link Transport** 

**Carolyn Carter Chair** 

**John Schofield Treasurer** 

## - CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report FOR ENGLAND AND WALES on the accounts 

## Section A 

## Independent Examiner’s Report 

- Report to the trustees/ ; z members of | CLAAITRENHAM Urmk THES Fou 

- On accounts for the year , < | Charity no F = | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended ; 

- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’). | under| reportsectionin respect145 ofof my the examination2011 Act andofin thecarryingTrust’soutaccountsmy examination,carried out| have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

- Independent [The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and | am qualified to 

- examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable. 

   - | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or 

   - e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

*“ Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. 


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IER 

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WATCHMAN ACCOUNTANTS LIMITF&Q Address: ) nein |obn!438 "wewesweeThe Causeway, Chippenham SARS Sey |ee ereircnrtguatcrmanaccountantscomeeeompany No: 13800578a | Section B Disclosure ‘ Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. 

IER 

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