Fundraising

How we are funded

We are a charity and are therefore responsible for raising the funds we need. We are also a registered company and all income from the company's activities are used to support the aims of the charity. As an organisation our turnover is approximately £250000.

This income comes from a number of different sources:

Awards from grant-making bodies. These is our major source of income but we are actively working to reduce our dependence on such grants as they are often restricted in the way we can use them and only cover a relatively short period of time so we constantly need to find new awards. This is time consuming and the time delays and uncertainties mean that long term planning is difficult.
Income from the operations of our trading company. This is a combination of accessible and general bike hire and sales in our Spokes Café. We also arrange cycle tours both locally but also long-range tours over several days At the moment this accounts for about 25% of our income but we are committed to making this our major source of income to decrease our reliance on grants
Sponsorship from local companies
Fundraising by our supporters. This includes major events such as our annual sponsored rides, the Vintage Fairs, quizzes and other small events
It is also possible to give online using various sites. We also take part in occasional major campaigns like the Big Give
It is possible to raise funds for us when online shopping or by using a search engine that makes small contributions to us when used by a supporter

We are always on the look out for new fund raising ideas so please email us if you have any ideas.

Some of our Supporters

Riders at Tongwnlais

The Tongwynlais Sponsored Ride at the turnround point.

spopnsored rider receiving her medal A rider receives her medal and certificate from our guest of honour.