CDM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The trustees present their report ar financial statern8nts for th8 year ended 31 March 2023. Background CDM Communlty Transport (CDM) was establlshed in 2013 as a result of the merger of Cwkstown Rural Communlty Transp and Dungannon and District Community Transport. CDM Community Transport is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status that has been established to provide the transp)rt serwes, previously carried on by hvo organisations in Cookstown and Dungannon. The new company wll also act as lead body to administer DFI fvnding to the existing Magherafelt organisation - Out and About Community Transport. CDM Community Transport operates on a 10b permit. Only registered members can avail of the transport services. Struclure, governan and managemenl The organisation is a company limited by guafantee and does not have share caprtal. The company is a registered charity with the Nl Charities Commission from the 15 December 2015 (charity number. NIC 1034181. The MpanY was established und8r a Memorandum and Artid@s of Association. whith Bstablished th@ objects and powers of the charitsble company. and is govemed under its Artides of Assooation. CDM Community Transport has a crossrycommunty focus and is managed by the trustees who are elected annually and representatives must be elected from both council areas. The appoinlment of trustees is in accordance with the charivs Artides of Assotialion. whereby each member will be entitled to nominate one porson only in writing not less than seven days before the date of the Annual General Meeting. The trustees (who are also the directors for the PuOSeS of company law) who served during tho year were.. W Mayne MBE F Burton L Hughes M O'Neill MBE S Donnelly M Farquhar 8 Sculllon (Appolnted 1 May 2022)
CDM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 ObJe¢tlves and actlvlti The objects and activities of the charity are: 1. To provlde safe. acSsible door-t¢xloor trdnsport to members. espedally the disa(fvantsged members IlvirKJ in the rural areas of Mid Ulster. -provldlng an acCeSbIe vehicle which can collect people from their homes and take Ihem to tho required dèstination -training drivers to the MIDAS standard in order to provide a qualty service -raisin9 the profile of CDM Community Transport in various harnlets and villages in the Mid Ulster Area in an effort to increase participation in the project -ensuring that staff who d8al vthh disabled members are trained in Customer Care artd Passenger AssisL3n¢e -utilising the mosl cost-effective vehide in the provision of demand led rural transport seNices -making the sm811 vehicle available to families vtho have a disabled family member. 2. To provide a door-104oor service to members living in rural areas where the is little or no olher fom of suitable transport available- -increagng the database of volunteer drivers who are willing to give up their spare time for the befit of othèrs -provide disability awareness training and First Aid to suitable volunteers -raising awareness. eSPeallY in rur81 villages and hamlets -CO-ordinating volunteer availabilty with demand in specific areas of the district -providing regular support. training and information for volunteer drivers -liaising wilh olher community and voluntsry actiwsts in service provision to disadvantaged groups and individuals. 3. Incre8se the efficiency and effectiventsss of local transport resources with a one-stop-shop: -providing information and advice to members on various suitable modes of transport -building up latiOnshIpS wth private operators and taxi owners in the distri¢t -worklng closely with neighbouring Rural Transport Partnerships in preparation for the restructurfng of local Counclls -provldlng a feeder s8rvlce to the Publlc Transport -providing information on training availablè to other vduntary organisations, espeaally those who operate their own transport. 4.CDM Communlty Transport have been provkling Disablllty Aclion Servths from Aprll 2013. Achievements and perforniance The company has during the year endeavoured: -to provide Dial a lift seThllces to registered members living in rural areas of Mid Ulster who have no access to public transport, -to provide free or 'A fare travel {up to April 2021) to members who have a ver[r smartpass. -to continue to provide group hire on eilher a Iwth. or lthOUt driverf basis, At present CDM Community Transport have 366 group memberships. 1,396 individual members and 333 DAT members. The directors are satisfied that all grants, including the RTF and COVID Relief (Resour) Funding have been used solely for the purposes intended and in accordan th each of the temis and condtlions.
CDM COMMUNITY TRANSPORT TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Flnanclal Revlew The company meets its day to day running costs via a revenue grant from the Department of Infrastructure. This grant is nonnally mad8 for a 12 month p8riod and guarantees funding for that period. As a result of the ongoing polltical Instsblllty In Northern Ireland and la(* of a functioning Assembly. the company have only recelved a letter of offer from the D8partment for funding to 31 July 2023. There has been no offer of funding from the Department regardlng the rest of the next financial year. This creat8s a material uncertainty over th8 abilty of the company to continue as a golng concem. The Twstees are in constant contact thith ihe Department and have no reason to believe that funding wlll not be achieved. In the interim the Trustees have sought new sources of funding and started a pr8$8 of cost reductions to ensure that the company can continue as a going concem. The trustees will corKluct annual reviews of the appropriate18vel of unrestricted reserves. The purpose of this reserve is to provide stability for the charity to ensure that it is able to honour existing contraciual oblisations, to upgrade existing capltal equipment, to cover unforeseen events beyond the companys control and to enable it to continue its operations in the unlikely event of a significant fluctuation in expenditure or income. The board has an ongoing programme of capital replacement due to hwh maintenance and Nnning costs. The comrnittee aim to build reserves to at least 3 months of annual expenditure. to meet financial commilrnents. to meet capital repaym8nts for vahicles wrthased on Hire Purchase and also to build in a provisit)n for redund2ncy for all stsff in the unlikely event that funding would cease. The committee currently estimate the provision for redundan¢y to be £83,000. This may be achieved by increasing eamed income or reduang expenditure. The present level of reserves available to the charity is £266.832 and this is nsidered satisfactory. Of this amount, £63,000 is held in cash at bank and in hand. Audltor David Lyttle + Co Ltd were appointed auditor to the company and in acrAxdance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be rfrappointed will be wt at a General Meeting. Statement of dlsclosure to audltor So far as the trustees a aware. th8re is no relevant audit infOall of the MpanY'S audltor are unaware. Additionally, the trustees have tsken all the necessary steps that trustees ought to have tsken as trustee in order to make themselves aware of all relevanl audit infomatlon and to eslablish that the companys auditors are aware of that infomiation. This report has been prepar8d in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entiued to the small companies exemption. On behalf of the ljoard W Mayn8 MBE Trust•• 29 June 2023