HARPENDEN CONNECT

Charity Number: 1172748
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £19,694
Total expenditure: £13,812

People

5 Trustee(s)

24 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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:
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 April 2017: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Richard Cooke Trustee 15 November 2022
None on record
Peter Hart Trustee 12 May 2021
None on record
Andrew James Buchanan Trustee 13 June 2019
None on record
Geoff Newman Trustee 11 May 2017
SPIRIT OF LONDON AWARDS FOUNDATION
Received: On time
HARPENDEN CRICKET CLUB
Received: On time
FRIENDS OF PEDALL
Received: On time
TERESA CATHERINE HERITAGE Trustee 30 June 2016
ROTARY IN HARPENDEN CIO
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £11.54k £5.40k £12.32k £13.91k £19.69k
Total expenditure £9.12k £7.06k £11.10k £12.45k £13.81k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £2.50k N/A £3.00k 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 30 June 2024 29 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2023 30 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2022 13 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2021 29 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 Not Required
Annual return 30 June 2020 02 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 Not Required
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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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 JUN 2016

Charitable 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.

Contact information

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

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