THE BIKE PROJECT

Registered charity 1152354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to provide relief for those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status and their dependents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. To achieve this, we collect, repair, and distribute second-hand bikes to refugees and asylum seekers. All of our resources and funding are directed towards achieving this goal.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small unrestricted surplus of £45k, bringing its unrestricted reserves from a deficit of £61,700 to a deficit of £17,157. Total group reserves decreased to £211,185, with unrestricted funds remaining negative despite cost reductions and a strategic shift to online retail sales.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08359498
• Trading subsidiary: THE BIKE PROJECT TRADING LIMITED Companies House 12941780

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Awards for All — “We are grateful for the support of our financial donors and the following trusts, funds and organisations Awards for All” (source page)

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.

• CORBY, Esther Hope Carmen — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
• NYONI, Gift Shala — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
• OLINS, Rufus Laurence — director, appointed 22/01/2024on trustee list
• HIBBERD, Helen Anne — director, appointed 22/01/2024on trustee list
• ROBLIN, Samantha — director, appointed 22/01/2024on trustee list
• KRIKLER, Douglas Henry — director, appointed 02/08/2021on trustee list
• ADEYEMI, Odunayo Comfort — director, appointed 14/04/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (50% 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: 26.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DOUGLAS KRIKLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Esther Corby
• Gift Nyoni
• Helen Anne Hibberd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Odunayo Comfort Adeyemi
• Rufus Olins
• Samantha Roblin

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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RECYKE Y'BIKE.

• RECYKE Y'BIKE income £442k
• WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF UK income £2.2m
• RE~CYCLE income £389k
• GOODWILL CARAVAN income £783k
• HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED income £549k
• STREETBIKES income £197k

Side by side with its peers

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