# **Exe Valley Market Bus (EVMB)** # **Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1177429** Trustees’ Annual Report for the Period 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021 Charity’s Principal Address; R Mugford Bray Accountants Ltd 21 Angel Hill Tiverton ## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if Name of body
Trustee name Office Held not for whole entitled to
year appoint trustee
1. Colin Radford Chairman EVMB Committee
2. Jonathan Smith Secretary EVMB Committee
3 Jennie Chappell Fund-raising EVMB Committee
Robert Mugford Assistant EVMB Committee
4.
Treasurer
5. Malcolm Jowitt Treasurer EVMB Committee
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EVMB Annual Report, 01/04/18 to 31/03/19 ## Section B Structure, governance and management **Description of the charity’s trust’s Type of governing** Constitution **document How the charity is** Charitable Incorporated Organisation **constituted** The Trustees of the Exe Valley Market Bus are the Chairman, Secretary, Fund-raiser, **Trustee selection** Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer who are **methods** elected to their positions by the committee members. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Provision of community bus service for residents of isolated villages and hamlets in a very rural area of mid and north Devon who, for whatever reason, are unable to drive and where there are no commercial bus services. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** EVMB is a not-for-profit organisation operating for public benefit in accordance with the Charity Commission’s guidance and regulations and providing; Regular, scheduled bus services between Oakford and Tiverton under a Section 22 Permit. A community hire service to residents and organisations in the area in which we Page **2** of **6** EVMB Annual Report, 01/04/18 to 31/03/19 operated Page **3** of **6** EVMB Annual Report, 01/04/18 to 31/03/19 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: > relevant, about: Exe Valley Market Bus is in its’ 45[th] year of > policy on grant-making; operation and is run entirely by volunteer drivers and a volunteer committee. - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## _**Section D Achievements and performance**_ > **Summary of the main** Following lockdown, we re-started our services in > **achievements of the** August 2021. Regrettably, our services between **charity during the year** Oakford and South Molton and Oakford and Barnstaple had to be dropped in September 2021 because there had been a sharp decline in passenger numbers and we had difficulty finding regular drivers. Our return service between Oakford and Tiverton on Tuesdays and Fridays continues. ## **Section E Financial review** > **Brief statement of the** Funds no greater than required for immediate > **charity’s policy on** running costs are deposited in our Current and > **reserves** Instant Access Accounts. Surplus funds are set aside towards the purchase of a replacement bus and are deposited in a high interest bank account. Page **4** of **6** EVMB Annual Report, 01/04/18 to 31/03/19 **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **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); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Our principal source of income is from cash and concessionary fares on our regular, scheduled services. We have received additional income from our community-hire service, donations, the Bus Service Operator’s Grant and a grant from Devon County Council. Our expenditure has been limited to maintenance, fuel, insurance, road tax and other running costs. - We have no investments. ## _**Section F Other optional information**_ All withdrawals and transfers from our accounts require any two signatures of the Trustees. ## **Section G Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Malcolm D Jowitt
Position Treasurer
Date 7 [th] September 2022
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Page **5** of **6** EVMB Annual Report, 01/04/18 to 31/03/19 Page **6** of **6** Exe Valloy Market Bus R•gi8t•r•d Charity Number 1177429 Accounts for the Years Ending 31st Marth 2021 & 2022 C sh atb nkand in hand Lloyds Treasurers Account Lloyds Instant Access Account Shawbrook Bank (savings) 3110312022 £2.989.43 £3,508.57 £24.716.32 £31214.32 3110312 £1,002.09 £5,008.14 £20,615.60 £26 625.83 Incom• and •x nditur• Noles Year to 311031202 3110312021 Incom• Bus SeNices Operatorfs Grarrt Cash stsge fares DCC Concessionary (pass) fares 1" Wednesday Trips Community Hire Non-operats'onal in¢¢)me £349.45 £315.20 £1.986.35 £111.70 £252.11 £6,123.85 £8 886.55 £3,S20.27 £3 772.38 Total Incom• - ExponM• Fuel R8pairs and maintenance Road Tax Road Tax Refund Registration of variation of route Insurance Laid-up Insurance Other Expenses VAT repayment £912.32 £2,306.49 £165.00 £53.11 £165.00 -£264.25 £13.00 £1.259.04 £168.00 £67.15 163.34 £25.67 £40.40 -£398.19 Total Op•rntlng EX￿n8￿ s £4 298.08 Ov•rall Surplu• £4 588.49 £3 746.71 Nole8 110 3110312021 1. Cash Stago Farn8 Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 £286.60 £12.30 £16.30 £315.20 £0.00 2. Concasslonary Fares Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 £1,783.85 £147.60 £54.90 £1986.35 £0.00 3. Nonwo￿rntl0nal Incom• Donations Gift Aid Lloyds instant acce&s account interest Shavrt)rooks interest Transfered FROM float DCC Minibus Support Grant Totsl non-oporational incom• = £4,015.40 £3,343.65 £25.00 £1.28 £￿0.34 £0.43 £100.72 £15.40 £1.991.90 £6 123.85 £3 520.27 4. Other Expen808 Transfered TO float Trickle Charger Stoodleigh Village Hall £22.40 £67.15 £18.00 £40.40 Total Oth•r Exp•n•M * £67.15 I certlfy Ihat tho accounts of tho Exe Val* Mathet Bug have been examined and found to be correct Signed . rd FCCA