THE BIKE EXPERIENCE

Registered charity 1145547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the physical and mental health and well being of disabled people who would otherwise be excluded by enabling them to enjoy the pleasures and benefits of riding a motorcycle by the provision of adapted and modified motorcycles and advice on track

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF DISABLED PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED BY ENABLING THEM TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES AND BENEFITS OF RIDING A MOTORCYCLE BY THE PROVISION OF ADAPTED AND MODIFIED MOTORCYCLES AND ADVICE ON TRACK

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: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained minimal cash reserves to meet immediate foreseeable expenses due to limited income flow. Total receipts for the year were £45,383 against total payments of £39,636, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records during the independent examination.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimal level to meet immediate foreseeable expenses (held: £12k)
“the Trustees approve available cash should be utilized to support its charitable aims and that cash reserves should be maintained at a minimal level to meet immediate foreseeable expenses” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£44k£40k
31/12/2023£53k£46k
31/12/2022£25k£14k
31/12/2021£7k£10k
31/12/2020£9k£15k

Common questions

Is THE BIKE EXPERIENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained minimal cash reserves to meet immediate foreseeable expenses due to limited income flow. Total receipts for the year were £45,383 against total payments of £39,636, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records during the independent examination. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BIKE EXPERIENCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BIKE EXPERIENCE as a grant recipient include THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION, THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, THE TRUEMARK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2025£47kTowards the cost of a bike experience day.
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCEFY2023£25k
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kBike experience days for people disabled through injury or illness. An opportunity to learn or re-learn to ride a motorcycle. Our funding will cover the hire co

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2022£9kSave The Experience Emergency Appeal
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2013£10kThe Bike Experience
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2011£10kThe Bike Experience