STREETBIKES

Registered charity 1176297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KIRKLEES AREA OF WEST YORKSHIRE BY1. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING BOTH ADAPTED AND NON- ADAPTED CYCLES2. TO ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING RECYCLED BIKES FREE OF CHARGE TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY RUNNING AQA COURSES IN BIKE MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KIRKLEES AREA OF WEST YORKSHIRE BY 1. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING BOTH ADAPTED AND NON- ADAPTED CYCLES 2. TO ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING RECYCLED BIKES FREE OF CHARGE TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY RUNNING AQA COURSES IN BIKE MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY 4. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£197k
Latest spending
£166k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net income for the year was £78,686, with unrestricted funds totaling £73,779. The trustees report that free reserves were £69,456, which is above the lower threshold of £60,000 specified in their reserves policy. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £60,000 and £120,000 (held: £69k)
“Trustees review the reserves if they drop under £60,000 or go over £120,000.”
Per its FY2025 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Government income: £185,517 — grants £185,517 (16); 94% of the £197,002 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 4% of the £118,192 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £4,980 — grants £4,980 (1); 4% of the £117,748 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/11/2024, 280 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£197k£166k
31/03/2024£118k£125k
31/03/2023£118k£134k
31/03/2022£113k£139k
31/03/2021£159k£163k

Common questions

Is STREETBIKES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net income for the year was £78,686, with unrestricted funds totaling £73,779. The trustees report that free reserves were £69,456, which is above the lower threshold of £60,000 specified in their reserves policy. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STREETBIKES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STREETBIKES as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, GAY AND PETER HARTLEY'S HILLARDS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kTandem 3 wheeled bike to add to this charity's fleet aiming to help as many individuals as possible experience the joys of exercising in a safe and supportive e
GAY AND PETER HARTLEY'S HILLARDS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/07/2023£185kMixed Ability Cycling - Covid Recovery Project
Sport England19/05/2023£7kMixed Ability Cycling
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2019£254kThe Therapeutic Cycling Project

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 THE BIKE EXPERIENCE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STREETBIKES£197k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BIKE EXPERIENCE FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt
QHUBEKA UK FY2025£104k—0within—no doubt
WHITEKNIGHTS YORKSHIRE BLOOD BIKES FY2025£57k——unclear—no doubt
ACTIVITEENS FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
RIDE ON - CYCLING FOR ALL FY2025£231k—0unclear—no doubt

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