Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

CYCLISTS FIGHTING CANCER LTD 

We supply bikes, specially adapted trikes, tandems and other equipment to children and young people affected by cancer to help improve physical conditioning and to enhance quality of life factors.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/01/23£728£680£48£316£359£3456.1950
31/01/22£736£557£179£254£311£3076.61248
31/01/21£492£366£127n/an/an/an/an/a48
31/01/20£492£549£-57n/an/an/an/an/a48
31/01/19£496£445£51n/an/an/an/an/a48
31/01/18£429£447£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17*£332£376£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16£321£313£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15£315£276£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/14£182£181£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13£138£116£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/12?£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/11*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 46.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 46.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years

www.cyclistsfc.org.uk

info@cyclistsfc.org.uk

03005004040

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chichester & Selsey Ladies and Youth FC
£2,041 23/10/2021
Our project will give the opportunity for females in the local community aged 5-40 to play football. This will help improve both their mental and physical wellbeing.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cyclists Fighting Cancer
£381 09/09/2013
Selected by participants in the 2013 Caledonian Challenge.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/01/2011, number: 1140017
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/03/2010, number: 07194338
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR17: 16 days late, AR11: 227 days late,
Main office

Unit 3
154 Masons Road
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Warwickshire
CV37 9NF

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18 AND UNDER IN THE UK WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, TRAILERS AND OTHER CYCLING RELATED ACCESSORIES.2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SURVIVING CANCER THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND INFORMATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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