FRIENDS OF PEDAL POWER PROJECT LTD

Registered charity 1092304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEDAL POWER

Pedal Power "makes cycling accessible to all'. It has a wide range of specialised bikes enabling people of all ages & abilities to cycle. It also runs a general cycle hire with bikes for all ages. We offer cycle training & bike maintenance training . Pedal Power undertakes bike recycling & bike maintenance and operates a cafe. There are many opportunities for volunteering & social activities.

Objects

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of both disabled and able bodied visitors to and inhabitants of Wales and environs in particular but not exclusively, by the provision of facilities for cycling and the advancement of public education in cycling safety.

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF CITY OF CARDIFF, VALE OF GLAMORGAN AND ENVIRONS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £109,773 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £926,224 to £816,452. The trustees' report highlights significant challenges in securing future funding and notes a reliance on grant income, while the independent examiner confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04373456

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HOLMES, Rhys Lee — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Sybil — director, appointed 30/01/2024on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Sheila Mary — director, appointed 12/12/2023on trustee list
• HENDRICKSON, Anthony — director, appointed 12/10/2021on trustee list
• EAMES, Malcolm, Prof — director, appointed 10/09/2020on trustee list
• RUDDOCK, Peter Albert Pat — director, appointed 18/07/2019on trustee list
• WALSH, Michael John — director, appointed 09/11/2007on trustee list
• COX, Stephen Philip — director, appointed 24/03/2006on trustee list
• FARNFIELD, Samuel Albert Hughes — secretary, appointed 01/06/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN COXchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anthony Hendrickson
• MICHAEL WALSH
• Malcolm Eames
• Peter Ruddock
• Rhys Lee Holmes
• Sheila Johnson
• Sybil Williams

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).