Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CYCLE SISTERS

Cycle Sisters aims to inspire and enable Muslim women to cycle. Our groups provide support, role models and regular opportunities for Muslim women to cycle. We currently operate in London; our longer-term goal is to grow into a nation- wide network of Muslim women cyclists. Our partnership work with local and national cycling organisations tackles stereotypes to make cycling more inclusive.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£116£62£54n/a
31/03/22£85£71£14n/a
31/03/21£56£31£25n/a
31/03/20£8£1£7n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

https://www.cyclesisters.org.uk/

salam@cyclesisters.org.uk

07779574855

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
London Marathon Charitable Trust£170,000
National Lottery Community Fund£39,866
Sport England£19,783
DCMS£9,654
The Foyle Foundation£6,000
The London Community Foundation£4,857
Hackney Council£2,486
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Tackling inequalities in swimming among Muslim women
£3,069 06/12/2023
2
This pilot project will aim to provide weekly swimming lessons for Muslim women who are excluded from mainstream swimming opportunities and will address the associated barriers.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cycle Sisters
£1,000 19/10/2023
To develop swimming as an essential life skill among Muslim women who experience barriers to physical activity and accessing mainstream swimming provision.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Cycle Sisters Strengthening Grant
£100,000 27/09/2023
towards the development of Cycle Sisters' programmes across London over a three-year period.
Sport England - Supporting Muslim women to cycle in 3 London boroughs
£6,340 04/07/2023
This project will offer regular rides, in a safe all-Muslim women environment, through their model of community cycle groups, led by trained female volunteers and will enable inactive / not very active Muslim women. Delivery will be run weekly ....more
Sport England - Supporting Muslim women to cycle in 3 London boroughs
£5,577 19/05/2023
This project will offer regular rides, in a safe all-Muslim women environment, through their model of community cycle groups, led by trained female volunteers and will enable inactive / not very active Muslim women to become active. Delivery will be ....more
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Teen Bikers Redbridge and Waltham Forest
£4,797 18/01/2023
The project is an expansion of the 'Teen Bikers' scheme aimed at Muslim girls aged 13-17 years old in Waltham Forest. The project will run for an additional 9 months and for a roll out to Redbridge.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Jubilee Fund - Teen Bikers Redbridge and Waltham Forest
£4,797 18/01/2023
The project is an expansion of the 'Teen Bikers' scheme aimed at Muslim girls aged 13-17 years old in Waltham Forest. The project will run for an additional 9 months and for a roll out to Redbridge.
Hackney Council - Grant to Cycle Sisters
£2,486 08/12/2021
Cycle Sisters Hackney Saturday rides - set up of cycle rides for Muslim women on Saturday mornings through training a group of volunteer Ride Leaders to coordinate and lead them.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Develop Cycle Sisters' organisational infrastructure and cycling groups in 4 key London boroughs.
£70,000 24/03/2021
Develop Cycle Sisters' organisational infrastructure and cycling groups in 4 key London boroughs.
National Lottery Community Fund - [Wave 5 LCRF] Cycle Sisters
£39,866 18/03/2021
The project is using funding to expand the provision of cycling sessions for Muslim women further across London through the development of a training toolkit to support the establishment of local cycling groups. Funding will go towards the ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000 11/02/2021
a contribution towards ride booking and reporting software and general core costs (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Cycle Sisters
£4,857 09/09/2020
The funding will enable us to restart led rides safely and in line with government guidelines including training our volunteer Ride Leaders to transition into a new way of working. It will also fund the delivery of cycle skills lessons which are an ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,857 09/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • RAIYHANA NOORGAT Appointed: 2023
  • SAMRA SAID (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • ZAINAB ARIAN Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2019, number: 1183189
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

9 Frinton Drive
WOODFORD GREEN
Essex
IG8 9ND

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORRECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELYMUSLIM WOMEN, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY ORDISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIRCONDITIONS OF LIFE.2. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ANDIN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG MUSLIM WOMEN, BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIESTO PARTICIPATE IN CYCLING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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