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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 March 2024
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2023
to
30 March 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Moorsbus CIC works to improve public access to, from and around the North York Moors for its residents and visitors. It does this to improve health and well-being, social inclusion and for long-term environmental benefit. Our aims are achieved in three main ways. Firstly, through raising public awareness of bus, rail and active transport and its significant social, economic and environmental benefits. Secondly, we contribute to local, regional and national debate on improving sustainable access, especially within rural areas. Thirdly we commission a network of registered local bus services where none exist and promote these to local communities and visitors. In striving to improve our services we continually review our activities and seek external advice including from bus industry experts and academics. This evidence shows that the varying demands of passengers are best met by a timetabled network of relatively large capacity, low-floor buses. Alternative approaches such as Demand Responsive services, smaller vehicles or limiting our activities to one route would not meet with passenger expectations, volatility of demand or our aspirations to provide the most reliable and effective services which our funding permits. In the North East we provided direct services linking Darlington, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Saltburn and Guisborough with the North York Moors, whilst in North Yorkshire we served Northallerton, Thirsk, Easingwold, Malton, Pickering and York. By collaborating with other bus operators, we provided integrated ticketing and connections to ensure a focus on passenger needs. The result was an integrated network providing sustainable access for many remote communities, and enabling under-represented groups such as the elderly, those from deprived backgrounds and non-car owners to benefit from access to and from the area. Our achievements and innovations continue to be welcomed and copied nationally, however funding rural bus services continues to be extremely difficult and the lack of financial support from the North York Moors National Park Authority and North Yorkshire Council resulted in a limited season in 2023. Nevertheless, passenger satisfaction levels continue to be extremely high – even over a short operating season. The benefits of Moorsbus include direct, indirect and induced benefits for individuals and wider society - such as direct health and well-being benefits, reduction in carbon footprint, social inclusion and wider public accessibility to national assets.
We have a long and successful track record of stakeholder involvement in which we strongly believe. We have identified four key stakeholder groups: 1. Direct users of services. We survey users through a detailed questionnaire which is available on every bus, on every operational day. We actively encourage all users to complete these questionnaires and the full results are read by each of the Directors. This provides important data regarding passenger profiles, activities and satisfaction levels, allowing the CIC to monitor patterns of change over time. The questionnaire also gives users the opportunity to make written comments. The full results of the survey together with every written comment are published on the website and made available to funders and other supporters. In addition to the survey, the CIC Directors meet service users every operational day for less structured consultation and feedback. 2. Indirect beneficiaries include community groups, local councils and businesses who are engaged through face-to-face and online meetings. The Directors give presentations to parish and town council meetings, and they, along with other CIC volunteers, attend a number of community events. 3. Friends of Moorsbus is a 500-strong member organisation representing supporters of Moorsbus. The Directors are closely involved with this group and attend their meetings to receive feedback, listen to members’ aspirations and develop new approaches to our work. 4. Future generations are the ultimate beneficiary from the work of the CIC – through positive impacts on society and the environment. This is the hardest stakeholder group to reach, nevertheless the CIC assesses all its activities against the criteria of long-term benefit for the planet. These four strands of consultation are taken very seriously and guide our planning. At a practical level, we amend services, routes or times to meet requests whenever feasible, and where this is not possible we explain why. We use our monthly newsletter (‘Moorsbuzz’) to answer issues raised and we continue this two-way consultation in many other ways. We are always open to new ways of engaging with stakeholders and demonstrating the importance we attach to taking the views of our users and non-users seriously.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
30 August 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: William Breakell
Status: Director