THE SPEEDWAY RIDERS' BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 208733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Fund is to provide assistance to persons injured or disabled whilst participating in the sport of Speedway Racing.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF BENEFITS FOR SPEEDWAY RIDERS AND OR THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NECESSITIOUS AND DESERVING CASES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £39,225 before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £208,994 due to significant investment gains of £248,219. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £105,889, which the trustees noted was higher than their policy target of approximately a quarter of total expenditure. The charity remains a going concern with adequate reserves to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL ACKROYDchair
• ALEX HARKESS
• ANTHONY FRANCIS GORDON NOEL
• Archibald Kenneth MCKINNA Mr
• CHRISTOPHER VAN STRAATEN
• Jan Staechmann

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

Operates in: Scotland · 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 RACEHORSE TRAINERS BENEVOLENT FUND.

• RACEHORSE TRAINERS BENEVOLENT FUND income £71k
• THE WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS ASSOCIATION income £54k
• BRDC MOTOR SPORT CHARITY income £86k
• ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION income £977k
• SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION income £87k
• THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST income £102.1m

Side by side with its peers

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