CYCLISTS FIGHTING CANCER

Registered charity 1140017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANCER SPORT UK, CFC, CYCLISTS FIGHTING CANCER LTD

We supply bikes, specially adapted trikes, tandems and other equipment to children and young people affected by cancer to help improve physical conditioning and to enhance quality of life factors. We also supply child sized exercise equipment to Paediatric Oncology Units across the UK. Our second stated object is to provide information regarding the benefits of exercise and activity to everyone.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18 AND UNDER IN THE UK WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, TRAILERS AND OTHER CYCLING RELATED ACCESSORIES.2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SURVIVING CANCER THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND INFORMATION.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus of £1,854 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income of £1,227,463 and total expenditure of £1,225,609. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £178,626, which the trustees note only slightly exceeds their stated policy target of £160,000 (£100,000 for ongoing expenditure and £60,000 for working capital). The charity remains focused on expanding its retail operations and bike distribution to support its mission.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cyclists Fighting Cancer (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (40% 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: 62.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles James Buckle
• Deborah Eady
• Elizabeth Anne Pharoah
• Kevin Musgrave · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew George Irvine

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER.

• FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER income £554k
• LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN income £1.4m
• TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER income £508k
• RIDE ON - CYCLING FOR ALL income £231k
• CAPITAL OF CYCLING income £181k
• CYCALL income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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