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Lothian Community Transport Services

SC018884Registered charity from 04 October 1991
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By LCTS
Address 200 Sir Harry Lauder Road
Edinburgh
Postcode EH15 2QA
Website www.lcts.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
3. The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only. In particular, the purpose of the Company is to provide community transport services within Edinburgh, the Lothians and surrounding environs. The objects of the Company are to promote, organise, provide and manage, whether as principal or otherwise, transport services in the interests of social welfare, the relief of poverty and the advancement of education, to those who have a transport need.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only. In particular, the purpose of the Company is to provide community transport services within Edinburgh, the Lothians and surrounding environs. The objects of the Company are to promote, organise, provide and manage, whether as principal or otherwise, transport services in the interests of social welfare, the relief of poverty and the advancement of education, to those who have a transport need.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 04 Oct 1991
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 37
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £427,299 £448,160 19 Oct 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £494,628 £400,582 18 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £479,452 £482,238 18 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £544,399 £619,079 05 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £756,798 £823,826 03 Nov 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
John Paul Kirkpatrick
Kimberley Ward
Robbie Young
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