Bike to the Future

Analysis

Bike to the Future is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newtown. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bike to the Future reported income of £38k and spending of £41k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £94k to £38k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bike to the Future sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Red Rubber Ball Foundation (£38k), National Liberal Club Benevolent Fund (£38k) and The Tap Foundation (£38k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.