The Cycle (INGO)

Registered charity 1070826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANITATION FIRST, SANITATION FIRST LIMITED, WHEREVER THE NEED

The Cycle's commitment is to the alleviation of poverty. It focuses its efforts on sanitation, water and livelihoods (although not exclusively), and implements programmes that engages the communities in which it works, as a means to empower local people to make them self sufficient.

Objects

(A) The relief of human suffering and distress in any part of the World resulting from disaster of any kind, and (B) The protection of human life in particular but not exclusively by providing suitably trained and experienced response teams free of charge upon receipt of request for such assistance, and (C) The prevention or relief of poverty by providing safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure; offering education and training to empower communities; promoting sustainable WASH practices such as waste-to-resource initiatives and water management; supporting regenerative agriculture practices to enhance soil health, food security and livelihoods; and advocating for policies that drive sustainable development and poverty reduction.

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a stable and healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £58,867, which comfortably meets the policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity reported a net surplus for the period, having raised £441,058 in income against £482,118 in expenditure, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cycle (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW BARRS
• JULES PECK
• Jane Galton
• LYNN STRONGIN DODDS
• Mandakini Lakhani
• Mark Collins
• Ridhima Lulla

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE CYCLE.

• LIFE CYCLE income £1.2m
• CAPITAL OF CYCLING income £181k
• CYCLING PROJECTS income £770k
• CIRCLES NETWORK income £3.0m
• LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN income £1.4m
• SIMPLY CYCLING income £248k

Side by side with its peers

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