The Bikeability Trust

Analysis

The Bikeability Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bikeability Trust reported income of £21.8m and spending of £22.9m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13.3m to £21.8m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bikeability Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gordon Foundation (£21.8m), The Royal Masonic School for Girls (£21.9m) and Raspberry Pi Foundation (£21.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £19.7m. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.

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.