EXTRA MILE CHALLENGES

Registered charity 1100243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An annual sponsored cycling challenge where teams of four ride in relay about 500 miles in Europe, over three daily stages.

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Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is no longer a going concern and intends to wind up its affairs by September 2026. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £41,527, which the trustees intend to distribute to other charities before cessation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate level of reserves (and hence cash) to enable future fundraising events to be organised (held: £42k)

“the objective was never to maintain reserves in excess of this level” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is no longer deemed to be a going concern. The "£2 Million Swiss Challenge" (held in September 2025 will be the last event organised by the charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Trustees · trustee networks

MARTIN BANHAM-HALLchair
Michael Brendan McNulty
Michael Ian Rhodes

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£168k	£157k
31/03/2024	£164k	£163k
31/03/2023	£152k	£156k
31/03/2022	£68k	£64k
31/03/2021	£12k	£15k

Common questions

Is EXTRA MILE CHALLENGES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is no longer a going concern and intends to wind up its affairs by September 2026. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £41,527, which the trustees intend to distribute to other charities before cessation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	1	£500
BC Partners Foundation	1	£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES.

CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES income £159k
MILES FOR SMILES income £195k
MILES FOR MEN income £124k
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARY income £272k
MILESTONES CHILDCARE LIMITED income £313k
MILEN CARE income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EXTRA MILE CHALLENGES	£168k	—	unclear	—	noted
CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES FY2025	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILES FOR SMILES FY2024	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILES FOR MEN FY2024	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARY FY2026	£272k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILESTONES CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025	£313k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.