Our work and funding

Who we are and what we do

CoMoUK is the national charity for the public benefit of shared transport, including car clubs, shared bike/e-bikes, e-scooters schemes, ride share, DDRT and mobility hubs.

We work collaboratively with national, regional, transport and local authorities as well as the private sector to further these social, economic and environmental benefits. We do this via accreditation, research, policy, guidance, engagement and advocacy.

CoMoUK in numbers: 2025
Illustration for shared transport modes - car club, shared bikes, ride sharing and DDRT

Our work

Accreditation

We accredit operators in the car club and bike share sectors, as well as accrediting mobility hubs. This is a collectively agreed set of standards which are upheld across these sectors. These save authorities from the burden of individually finding reassurance on such standards. As part of our accreditation, operators provide key data to deepen understanding of shared transport.

Car club accreditation
Bike share accreditation
Mobility hub accreditation

Research

We publish an unmatched roster of research on shared transport each year. The mainstays of this are our annual car and micromobility reports, which combine user and operator data, as well as a number of special focuses on particular areas of interest such as mobility hubs.

All research and reports

Policy & Advocacy

We advocate for the public benefit of shared transport with national, regional and local governments across the UK. We have a range of policy areas in focus including procurement of shared transport; the electrification of car club fleets; mobility hubs; spatial planning policy and transport policy.

All policy documents

Guidance

CoMoUK has a suite of guidance for public authorities in particular on how best to establish and support shared transport schemes. We keep this refreshed on a regular basis. Areas covered include car and bike share, plus mobility hubs.

All guidance documents

Engagement

We engage widely and very regularly across the public, private and third sectors relating to shared and sustainable transport. We do this via regular forums, collective and 1:1 meetings, publishing guidance, our annual conference and other bespoke events. We engage on average with 50 public authorities per month.

Events
Forums

Pilot projects

We explore the potential for shared transport to support new groups of people in new ways through innovative pilot projects. Examples of these are outlined below.

Current projects

Funding breakdown

CoMoUK's income from our latest audited accounts (2024/25) is derived from:

64%
Grants
15%
Operator and associate memberships
21%
Consultancy for public authorities
2%
Other

You can read the latest CoMoUK accounts on the Companies House website.

Pie chart for the stats on our funding sources

Current programmes

Active Travel England

CoMoUK has been awarded an Innovation Grant from Active Travel England to deploy the pop-up hub programme in areas of multiple deprivation in Nottingham.

With the support of Nottingham City Council, the project will place the mobile hublet in 4 locations for 6 weeks each across 2026. A range of active travel activities will be offered to residents with a special focus on supporting those not in employment, education or training.

The cycling charity RideWise, alongside other local charities will support the delivery of: led rides, led walks, Dr Bike, cycle training, and “Build a bike” taster sessions. Shared bike provider, Lime will also provide free rides, helmets and help to introduce new riders to their scheme.

A report outlining the impacts and lessons learnt will be shared at the end of the year.

Pop-up mobility hubs

People and Place Programme 2025/26

CoMoUK has received People and Place funding from SEStran, SPT and Tactran to deliver pop-up hub projects across Scotland. People and Place grants are funded by the Scottish Government and are administered and supported by Regional Transport partners.

The pop-up hubs will be installed temporally in a number of locations in SEStran, SPT and Tactran areas to promote and support active travel, transport integration and mobility hub strategies.

Please see our pop-up hub webpage for information on similar projects:

Pop-up mobility hub project

Motability Foundation

CoMoUK has received funding from the Motability Foundation for three ground-breaking and unique projects on disabled people and shared transport.

The first is looking at car clubs and disabled people’s needs, challenges and opportunities with them. Along with our partners TRL we are looking at what actions could in future be piloted to boost access. This work is now complete, read more about the findings and commendations on boosting the accessibility of car clubs below:

The second is now complete and looked at shared micromobility and similarly disabled people’s needs, challenges and opportunities with it. This project was led by the Research Institute of Disabled Consumers (RiDC). Read more about the findings and access the full report on boosting the accessibility of shared micromobility, on the Motability website:

The third project, is also now complete and built upon the research outlined above, to test a number of outreach and confidence building activities to support disabled people to use the existing models of shared bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters. The project, was delivered in partnership with Cycling UK in Salford, Salford City Council, Lime and Beryl, ran across the spring and summer of 2025. A report of the key findings can be read here:

Across all projects we have engaged extensively with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and stakeholders across public, private and third sectors. If our work in this area is of interest then do please get in touch.

EU Horizon Driving Urban Transitions Programme

CoMoUK is a partner on the innovative new project, SASMAP-15MC: A Systemic Approach to Shared Mobility, Accessibility and Proximity for the 15-minute City.

Between December 2025 and May 2027, CoMoUK will support academic and local authority partners from Bristol, Graz (Austria) and Helsingborg (Sweden), as together we take a systems approach in considering the use of shared cars to support successful 15 min neighbourhoods.

Through the 3 case studies, the project will utilise modelling and visualisation methodologies to understand shared car usage, both in the city centre and suburban streets of the chosen location. The data will be used to help inform future plans around how car sharing can successfully substitute private vehicle ownership.

This project is part of the wider 15-minute City Transition Pathway (15mC TP) project which aims to enable analysis, development and testing of ideas, tools and innovations for 15-minute cities within co-creative and transdisciplinary settings.