ARMY CYCLING UNION

Registered charity 1201600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Army Cycling Union (ACU) is dedicated to promoting cycling as a means of physical fitness, camaraderie, and mental well-being among soldiers, veterans, and their families. Our activities encompass a diverse range of initiatives designed to inspire, engage, and support our military community through the sport of cycling

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) FOSTERING AN ESPRIT DE CORPS AND INCREASING THE MORALE OF SERVING, RESERVE AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES;2) ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE PARTICIPATION IN ALL TYPES OF CYCLING;3) PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS OF CYCLING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £142,310.67, which exceeds its stated policy target of covering one year's running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention and resources are adequate for continuing operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Col Nicholas Paul Mackenzie
• Lt Col Thomas A Hall
• Maj Anthony Allnutt

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYCLISTS' TOURING CLUB.

• CYCLISTS' TOURING CLUB income £11.9m
• ARMY RUGBY UNION TRUST income £885k
• THE ARMED FORCES EQUINE CHARITY income £1.6m
• ARMY ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES FUND income £188k
• ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £211k
• ARMY FAMILIES FEDERATION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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