LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN

Registered charity 1115789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotes cycling for the benefit of the public (by providing expert advocacy to improve cycling policy, and also by directly encouraging/enabling people to cycle) for health, fun, environmental, social and economic reasons.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £25,672 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £170,479, which is within the stated target range of £170,000 to £190,000. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“There is one employee who received total employee benefits in the range £80,001 to £90,000 (2024: none).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There is one employee who received total employee benefits in the range £80,001 to £90,000 (2024: none).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Membership income (45% of income)
“Income from membership for the year was £611,557 (2024: £610,537).” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £170,000 to £190,000 (held: £170k)
“On this basis, the Trustees believe that the charity should aim for free reserves in the range of £170,000 to £190,000.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees pay normal subscription and receive membership benefits.
“The Trustees are members of London Cycling Campaign. As such they pay the normal level of subscription and receive all the benefits of membership. There have been no other related party transactions during the current or previous year.” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: London Cycling Campaign Trading Limited
“The charity has a wholly owned subsidiary, London Cycling Campaign Trading Limited (a private limited company) whose directors are the appointed by the trustees” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed by group undertakings: £34,031

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — London Cycling Campaign (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£176k
Reserves (reported)
£170k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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: 12.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.1m
31/03/2022£947k£954k
31/03/2021£943k£942k

Common questions

Is LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £25,672 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £170,479, which is within the stated target range of £170,000 to £190,000. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2024£100kEnvironment and Animal Welfare
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAMFY2023£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hounslow09/07/2017£500Grant to Hounslow Cycling Campaign
The National Lottery Community Fund03/06/2015£10kAll-ability cycling maintenance

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAPITAL OF CYCLING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN£1.4m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
CAPITAL OF CYCLING FY2025£181kunclear0unclear—noted
CYCLISTS' TOURING CLUB FY2025£11.9m——unclear—no doubt
CYCLING PROJECTS FY2025£770k£60,001 - £70,0002below—noted
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt

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