# HARPENDEN CONNECT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1172748
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 25, 2017
- **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=1172748


## Contact

- **Address:** HARPENDEN CONNECT, Vaughan Chambers, Vaughan Road, Harpenden
- **Postcode:** AL5 4EE
- **Phone:** 01582638007
- **Email:** hopon@harpendenhopper.co.uk
- **Website:** www.harpendenhopper.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THE AL5 AREA, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR, DISABLED, PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING WHERE THERE ARE INADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND FOR HIRE TO OTHER GROUPS.

**Activities:** Harpenden Connect is the charity set up to run a new volunteer operated hail and ride Harpenden Hopper community bus service, serving areas of the town with little or no commercial bus services. A second Hopper bus will be used to take the elderly and disadvantaged on trips helping to combat isolation and provide a social outlet for those who are seldom able to get out for pure enjoyment.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hertfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £19492 | £18540 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £19694 | £13812 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £13913 | £12452 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £12322 | £11099 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £5400 | £7060 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew James Buchanan — appointed June 13, 2019
- Geoff Newman — appointed May 11, 2017
- Peter Hart — appointed May 12, 2021
- Richard Cooke — appointed Nov. 15, 2022
- Teresa Catherine Heritage — appointed June 30, 2016