CHESHIRE GHOST RIDERS

Registered charity 1178066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Providing Amateur Sport through cycling for Children/young People, People With Disabilities and The General Public

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CREWE BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR BMX RACING.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,186.62 at the end of the period, with no written reserves policy in place. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, noting that the reduction of cash reserves is ongoing into 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £895 — grants £895 (1); 4% of the £20,721 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £14,006 — grants £14,006 (1); 39% of the £36,081 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 05/01/2026, 66 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 13/02/2025, 105 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 05/05/2023, 186 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cheshire Ghost Riders (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£35k£37k
31/12/2023£21k£37k
31/12/2022£36k£22k
31/12/2021£25k£15k

Common questions

Is CHESHIRE GHOST RIDERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,186.62 at the end of the period, with no written reserves policy in place. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, noting that the reduction of cash reserves is ongoing into 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England01/07/2019£46kBMX track area improvements and new clubhouse

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 ESSEX DISABLED SPORTS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHESHIRE GHOST RIDERS£35k—0unclear—no doubt
ESSEX DISABLED SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025£91k—0unclear—no doubt
CHESHIRE CARERS CENTRE FY2025£694k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERSHED RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING CARRIAGE DRIVING FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
GET KIDS GOING FY2025£1.8m£167,2661unclear—no doubt
RECREATION AND EASY ACCESS FOR DISABLED YOUTH FY2025£53k—0above—no doubt

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