# VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE TRANSPORT (V E S T)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 518275
- **Other names:** DIAL A BUS, RING A RIDE, V E S T COMMUNITY TRANSPORT DIAL A BUS - RING A RIDE, VEST COMMUNITY TRANSPORT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02059997](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02059997)
- **Registered:** Dec. 1, 1986
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=518275


## Contact

- **Address:** UNIT 45, PORTMANMOOR ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CARDIFF
- **Postcode:** CF24 5HB
- **Phone:** 029 2049 0335
- **Email:** enquiries@vest.org
- **Website:** https://vestcommunitytransport.org



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** The operation of a fleet of specially adapted vehicles that provide a transport service for people for whom the use on conventional public transportation presents difficulties due to restricted mobility through illness,age or disability.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** SOUTH GLAMORGAN
- Cardiff
- Vale Of Glamorgan





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| CHRISTINE DAVIES |  |  |
| Keith Andrew Partridge |  | Oct. 20, 2025 |
| MARTIN HEALEY |  |  |
| Peter Arthur Jones |  | Nov. 2, 2023 |
| Robert Gareth Jones |  | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| Roger Charles Brown |  | May 12, 2023 |




