UNITED KINGDOM ARMED FORCES CYCLING

Registered charity 1205964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UKAF CYCLING

Our mission is to promote excellence of, and participation in, UK Armed Forces (UKAF) representative cycling. This is achieved through the delivery of highly professional Inter Service Championships, and the selection of the best cyclists across the UKAF to represent at the pinnacle of Services cycling.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE UK 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 MEMBERS OF THE UK ARMED FORCES,2) ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE PARTICIPATION IN ALL TYPES OF CYCLING AND3) 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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Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a small rate of accrual, resulting in a closing unrestricted fund balance of £19,884.79. The trustees report that the charity is operating to its endorsed financial plan and identify the potential loss of its sole sponsor as the greatest risk to income. Per the trustees' report, there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Largest income source: none
“UKAF Cycling income is generated by sponsorship or grants from within the UK Armed Forces Sports Board and no other.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum reserve level of £6000 (held: £20k)
“Based on current forecasting, UKAF Cycling has set a minimum reserve level of £6000 (six thousand pounds Sterling) to cover a complete loss of income from the loss of a sponsor (the worst-case scenario).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Secretary is an application position endorsed by the UKAF cycling committee, indicating a related party relationship in governance, but no financial transaction amount is disclosed.
“The Secretary is an application position endorsed by the UKAF cycling committee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

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
28/02/2025£54k£33k

Common questions

Is UNITED KINGDOM ARMED FORCES CYCLING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a small rate of accrual, resulting in a closing unrestricted fund balance of £19,884.79. The trustees report that the charity is operating to its endorsed financial plan and identify the potential loss of its sole sponsor as the greatest risk to income. Per the trustees' report, there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.