THE BUS ARCHIVE

Charity Number: 1177343
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We collect and preserve records relating to the history of road passenger transport (buses, trams, trolleybuses) and we provide an archive open to the public for education and research.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £398,570
Total expenditure: £129,420

People

9 Trustee(s)

52 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 February 2018: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BRIAN ROBERT KING Chair 27 February 2018
THE SUTTON BYRE CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
LAURIE JOHN POWELL Trustee 20 January 2025
NARTM
Received: On time
THE ALDERSHOT AND DISTRICT OMNIBUS RESCUE AND RESTORATION SOCIETY
Received: On time
Nigel Wilfrid Eggleton Trustee 20 January 2025
None on record
Giles Robin Fearnley Trustee 22 August 2022
TORBAY UNITED
Received: On time
Neil James Barker Trustee 30 March 2021
None on record
Leon Alistair Daniels OBE Trustee 29 May 2018
None on record
PATRICK RUSSELL Trustee 01 April 2018
None on record
JULIAN HENRY PEDDLE Trustee 27 February 2018
THE OMNIBUS SOCIETY
Received: 34 days late
PHILIP WILLIAM KIRK Trustee 27 February 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £142.81k £359.35k £300.91k £210.60k £398.57k
Total expenditure £89.66k £97.79k £100.52k £556.68k £129.42k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 26 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 26 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 29 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 29 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 August 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 30 August 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 05 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 05 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 05 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 05 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Feb 2018

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVOLUTION AND HISTORY OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE AND TANGIBLE GOODS AND IN PARTICULAR ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) COLLECTING, PROCURING AND PRESERVING, RECORDS (OF A FACTUAL AND/OR SUBJECTIVE NATURE), DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS, PUBLICATIONS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT (MATERIALS); AND (B) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING NOT LESS THAN ONE ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY PRESERVING THE MATERIALS, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Contact information

Address:
The Bus Archive
100-102 Sandwell Street
WALSALL
WS1 3EB
Phone:
01922629358
Email:
hello@busarchive.org.uk
Website:

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