Accessible Transport Group Limited
Charity 700370
Overview
Summary
Accessible Transport Group Limited appears to be a substantial specialist transport charity whose role extends beyond providing individual journeys. Its linked operating charities combine accessible minibuses, community bus services and transport-sector training, suggesting an organisation that supports mobility directly while also strengthening the capability of other service providers. Its focus on people with mobility problems across age groups positions transport as a practical route to reducing exclusion associated with disability, illness, old age and poverty.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Accessible Transport Group Limited has no evidenced current operational footprint in Birmingham: Companies House records that company number 02263123 was dissolved on 17 May 2024, following administration beginning on 22 March 2019 and creditors' voluntary liquidation from 30 March 2021.
- The regional coverageType reflects the organisation's former operational identity, not current delivery. A WMCA record states that Accessible Transport Group historically operated Ring & Ride until its 2019 administration; the service was subsequently delivered by National Express Accessible Transport.
- The Charity Commission entry remains visible and contains legacy activity and contact information, but this conflicts with the Companies House dissolution record. It should not be treated as evidence of a current operating site or service.
- A former principal trading site was evidenced during the 2019 administration, but there is no evidence that it remains an operational site of the dissolved organisation.
Additional evidence needed
- If this record is intended to represent a successor organisation rather than the dissolved company, provide the successor's legal name, charity or company number, and current service information.
- Current contractual or operator information would be needed to map the geography of any successor-delivered accessible transport service; it should not be attributed to Accessible Transport Group Limited without evidence.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Transport is treated as enabling infrastructure
The organisation appears to regard accessible transport not as an isolated service, but as a means of addressing several forms of disadvantage named in its charitable objects, including sickness, old age, distress and poverty.
Why it matters
This helps explain its civic role: its potential contribution may include access to education, services and community life, even though those downstream outcomes are not evidenced here.
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“The charity's objects include relieving poverty, sickness, old age and distress through the provision of transport, advice or assistance.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charities provide transport for people of all ages who suffer from mobility problems.”
Source:Organisation
A combined delivery and capacity-building model
Alongside operating vehicles, the organisation appears to build transport capability beyond its own services through CPC and NVQ-based training for local authorities and other agencies.
Why it matters
This suggests its influence may reach beyond direct beneficiaries. It may be both a service provider and a source of specialist knowledge for organisations responsible for transport access.
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“The charity provides CPC and NVQ based training to local authorities and other agencies.”
Source:Organisation“The charity operates 528 highly accessible minibus type vehicles and 87 larger buses.”
Source:Organisation
Scale may make coordination a defining challenge
The vehicle fleet and linked-charity structure suggest a comparatively large, operationally complex model in which accessibility services and community bus provision must be coordinated across distinct functions.
Why it matters
Understanding the organisation as a networked operator, rather than a single small transport scheme, raises useful questions about how resources, routes, training and partnerships are aligned.
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“The charity has two linked charities: Ring and Ride West Midlands and WMSNT (Accessible Transport Services).”
Source:Organisation“These operate 528 highly accessible minibus type vehicles and 87 larger buses which fulfil Community Bus services.”
Source:Organisation
- The geographic reach, routes and communities served are not specified.
- There is no evidence of service demand, affordability, outcomes or unmet mobility needs.
- The relationship between the two linked charities and the parent organisation is unclear.
Remaining uncertainties
- Service-area, ridership and beneficiary data, including journeys declined or unmet demand.
- Information on referral routes, funding, local authority partnerships and accessibility outcomes.
- Governance and operating details showing how the linked charities coordinate services and training.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Charity has two linked charities: Ring and Ride West Midlands and WMSNT (Accessible Transport Services). These operate 528 highly accessible minibus type vehicles to provide transport for people of all ages who suffer from mobility problems and 87 larger buses which fulfil Community Bus services. The Charity also provides CPC and NVQ based training to local authorities and other agencies.
Charity objects
THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, OLD AGE AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE.