Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

PRODIGAL BIKES

Prodigal Bikes collects unwanted bikes in the UK. We refurbish them, then send them to Africa to help people there gain access to education, healthcare and employment. The bikes are prepared here by ex-offenders, ex-homeless people and school children at risk of exclusion. We teach them bike maintenance skills and inspire them towards further training and employment in Engineering related jobs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/10/22	£34	£36	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/10/21	£28	£20	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/10/20	£16	£22	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/10/19	£15	£10	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/10/18	£5	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	2
31/10/17	£4	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

prodigalbikes.co.uk

aj@prodigalbikes.co.uk

07528718394

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon, Dorset, Kenya, Malawi, Somerset,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£17,600
The Foyle Foundation	£3,500
Somerset Community Foundation	£1,500
Co-Operative Group	£1,391
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,250	15/03/2024	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Teaching Engineering Skills to Disengaged People in South Somerset
£10,000	26/05/2023	The funding will be used to deliver cycle repair workshops where people from different backgrounds including long term unemployed ex offenders and those with disabilities will gain skills in ....more The funding will be used to deliver cycle repair workshops where people from different backgrounds including long term unemployed ex offenders and those with disabilities will gain skills in upcycling and upgrading mountain bikes which will in turn be passed on to people who need them with the aim of developing confidence and encouraging further education or employment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Prodigal Bikes
£1,391	22/10/2022	We wish to train people in the South Somerset area with backgrounds in offending, long-term unemployment and homelessness in basic hands-on engineering, by refurbishing bikes for use in Africa.
National Lottery Community Fund - Teaching Engineering Skills to Disengaged People in South Somerset
£7,600	21/01/2022	The funding will be used to teach people from disadvantaged backgrounds how to refurbish and update unwanted mountain bikes. The project aims to raise aspirations reduce the chance of re-offending ....more The funding will be used to teach people from disadvantaged backgrounds how to refurbish and update unwanted mountain bikes. The project aims to raise aspirations reduce the chance of re-offending and provide disengaged people with the change to increase their skills and learning leading to employment opportunities.
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to Prodigal Bikes
£1,500	26/11/2021	Teaching Engineering Skills to excluded and disadvantaged people in the South Somerset area
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,500	04/02/2020	towards ongoing costs during 2020

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

CALUM MCFARLANE Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, YEOVIL, SOMERSET,

ROGER JAMES ALLEN Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN CRANE Appointed: 2016

TIMOTHY RALPH NEVILLE (Chair) Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2016, number: 1170845

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

FURRINGDON FARM
BROADSHARD
CREWKERNE
TA18 7NJ

Objectives

1) THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS TO REDUCE REOFFENDING BY IMPROVING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF PEOPLE ON COMMUNITY PAYBACK PROGRAMMES, OFFENDERS AND OTHER DISENGAGED PEOPLE IN THE SOMERSET, DEVON AND DORSET AREA.2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS OF AFRICA BY SUPPLYING FREE OF CHARGE BIKES, SPARES AND TOOLS TO ENHANCE THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION.

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