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life cycle

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other defined groups, and the general public. Life Cycle is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Bristol and operates in North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Life Cycle helps people take up cycling as a way of bringing about social and environmental change. We run a range of practical projects and services that overcome the barriers to cycling. We also pioneer new ways of raising awareness of the many benefits cycling brings: to individuals, to communities and to the planet.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,318,407
Latest Expenditure
£1,368,526

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 99.7%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 96.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 4.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £30,608
Charitable Activities £1,282,002
Other Trading £0
Investments £5,797
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,314,041
Raising Funds £54,485
Governance £6,013
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,318,407£1,368,526£1,314,041£335,048£222,35739 / 83
2023£1,111,113£1,193,233£1,143,563£384,702£270,47134 / 115
2022£1,045,625£1,036,239£1,005,902£489,600£301,23331 / 151
2021£927,020£799,561£768,929£470,366£249,00328 / 59
2020£682,912£719,458£696,026£326,289£222,36926 / 128

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
THE CREATE CENTRE
SMEATON ROAD
BRISTOL
BS1 6XN
Registration Date
28 September 1999
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
3959845
Charity Number
1077575

Trustees

Harold Binley
Kiron Chatterjee
Keith Norman
Nicola Key
Nadia Saba
Michael Hobson
Guy Buckland
Duncan Cooper
Geoffrey Roach

Also Known As

  • CYCLE WEST
  • LIFE CYCLE
  • LIFE CYCLE UK