# THE FRIENDLY TRANSPORT SERVICE (SHROPSHIRE)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1131707
- **Other names:** THE FRIENDLY BUS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 18, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1131707


## Contact

- **Address:** FRIENDLY BUS, 57 HIGH STREET, BROSELEY
- **Postcode:** TF12 5EY
- **Phone:** 01952881145
- **Email:** friendlybus@hotmail.com
- **Website:** www.friendlybus.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** We operate a community based transport service run mostly by volunteer drivers for those people who live in and around Broseley, Barrow and Much Wenlock and Shifnal who are unable to access or use other forms of transport.

**Area of benefit:** BRIDGNORTH




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2025 | £358872 | £293779 | — | — |
| March 1, 2024 | £206749 | £251391 | — | — |
| March 1, 2023 | £216502 | £205248 | — | — |
| March 1, 2022 | £202086 | £185001 | — | — |
| March 1, 2021 | £187254 | £160526 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Allison Mary Richards — appointed July 14, 2019
- Barry Hansford — appointed March 1, 2024
- David Marriott — appointed July 14, 2019
- ELIZABETH ANN MARS — appointed Oct. 20, 2011
- Margaret Joan DUTTON — appointed June 17, 2015
- Susan Cotton — appointed March 1, 2024