
## CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 

Trustees' Annual Report for the period 


From 2 April 2024 to 1 April 2025 

Charity name: THE GERAINT THOMAS CYCLING TRUST 

Charity registration number: 1-187564 

Objectives •and Activities 




|||financial grants, assistance, education and<br>facilities for participation and wider involvement<br>in the sport.<br>The Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust (the "Trust")<br>was  launched  in  October  2021  and  aims  to<br>support children from 7-18 years-old and has high<br>ambitions  to help  children  enjoy  the  sport  of<br>cycling. Over the next 10 years, the Trust wants<br>to help 5000 children to experience the sport<br>which has given Geraint so much.|
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|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in particular,<br>the  activities,  projects  or<br>services  identified  in  the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17<br>and 1.19|We provide a grant fund and support programme<br>for young people.<br>We work in partnership with other cycling<br>organisations to promote cycling.<br>We develop a network of community volunteer<br>mentors to support young people's<br>participation within the sport.<br>We  partner  with  local  organisations,  clubs  and<br>schools who can make referrals and applications<br>for support from us.<br>We  work  with  •others  in  the  cycling  sector<br>including  organisations  such  as  Beicio  Cymru<br>(formerly Welsh<br>Cycling), retailers, other charities.|





|Statement confirming hether<br>the trustees have had regard<br>to the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit|Para 1.18|All Trustees act in accordance with the Charity<br>Commission guidance on.public benefit.<br>They have complied with the duty in section 4<br>of the 2006 Act to have due regard to guidance<br>on public benefit published by the commission||
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## Additional information 

||SORP<br>reference||
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|Policy on grant makilig|Para 1.38|The Trust .has developed a process for<br>indiViduals  and  groups  (typically  schools,<br>cycling clubs and youth groups) to make gant<br>applications. The grants process is overseen by<br>certain designated Trustees with requests for<br>final gant approval brought before the Trustees<br>as a whole. Grants are now. regularly made to<br>successful applicants.|





|Policy on social investment|Policy on social investment|Policy on social investment|Para 1.38|Para 1.38||The Trust does not currently have a policy on|
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|including proyam||related||||social investment and do not currently have|
|investment||||||any plans to make any social investrnents.|
|Contribution made by|||Para 1,38|||All Trustees have been involved in  the|
|volunteers||||||development of the areas identified above. The|
|||||||Trustees are a relatively small group who have|
|||||||given an immense amount of time to get the|
|||||||Trust  to  this  position  and  have  called  on|
|||||||contacts to assist the Trust. All frustees give|
|||||||their time freely and no Trustee was paid (other|
|||||||than the reimbursement of travel expenses in|
|||||||accordance|
|||||||with the Trust's policy). A number of|
|||||||volunteers have also contributed to the success|
|||||||of the Trust to date.|
|Achievements and||Performance|||||
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|||||reference|||
||Summary of the main|||Para 1.20||During this annual reporting period the strategy of -|
||achievements|of the||||the Trust has been to:|
||charity, identifying the||||||
||difference the|charity's||||• raise its profile to increase income and attract|
||work has made to the|||||more grant applications.|
||circumstances  of • its<br>beneficiaries  and  any<br>wider benefits to|||||continue making grants to individuals and<br>groups that meet the Trust's criteria|
||society as a whole.||||||
|||||||evaluate the impact made by the grants made|
|||||||by the Trust|



Additional information 



|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|The Trust has achieved the following:<br>Further  developed  the  grant  application<br>process  to  ensure  the  Trust  is  able  to<br>support those it was set up to support, in an<br>efficient and fair manner.<br>Reviewed its Communications plan and<br>options on how we continue to drive growth of<br>hoth fundraising and deployment of funds to<br>appropriate applications.<br>Governance<br>PolicieS  in  place  for  Safeguarding  young<br>people and vulnerable adults<br>Policy on Welsh language<br>Policy on conflict of interest<br>Risk register completed and Trustees have<br>the  major  risks  to  which  the<br>organization is exposed to.|
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|Pérformance.<br>fundraising<br>against<br>objectives<br>of<br>activities<br>set<br>Para 1.41<br>Our objectives remain fit for purpose.<br>However, the Trust had a disappointing year<br>as regards fund raising. There were a small<br>number of donations from individuals but the<br>main focus offundraising activities was to be a<br>lunch in Manchester in November 2024.<br>Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled.<br>Since the end of the current reporting period<br>the Trust's income has returned to the level of<br>previous periods due to a raffle of iterns<br>supplied by some of Geraint Thomas<br>supporters which successfully raised El 8k and<br>an increase in the level of donations.<br>We remain on course to hit our objectives of<br>gowth as detailed in our original business<br>Invesånent<br>performance<br>against objectives<br>Para 1.41<br>The Trust holds its assets in cash. No<br>investments have been made|||
|Pérformance.<br>fundraising<br>against<br>objectives<br>of<br>activities<br>set|Para 1.41|Our objectives remain fit for purpose.<br>However, the Trust had a disappointing year<br>as regards fund raising. There were a small<br>number of donations from individuals but the<br>main focus offundraising activities was to be a<br>lunch in Manchester in November 2024.<br>Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled.<br>Since the end of the current reporting period<br>the Trust's income has returned to the level of<br>previous periods due to a raffle of iterns<br>supplied by some of Geraint Thomas<br>supporters which successfully raised El 8k and<br>an increase in the level of donations.<br>We remain on course to hit our objectives of<br>gowth as detailed in our original business|
|Invesånent<br>performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|The Trust holds its assets in cash. No<br>investments have been made|





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|Financial Review|||||||
||Review of the charity's<br>financial position at the<br>end of the period|Para 1.21||||The accounts are for the period from 2<br>April 2024 to 1 April 2025.<br>The  charity's  income  for  the  period<br>comprised donations of El ,028<br>In  the  period  the  charity  made  grants<br>totalling E 19,980 and incurred<br>adminisfrative costs of €3,785.<br>There was a deficit for -the period of<br>€22,737  and  as  of  1  April  2025,  the<br>charity had reserves, all held in cash, of<br>€51,185.|
||Statement  explaining  the<br>policy<br>for<br>holding<br>reserves stating why they<br>are held|Para 1.22||||The charity's policy is to hold reserves<br>for use in future periods for the purposes<br>of the charity.|
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||Amountofreserves held||Para 1.22||51,185||
||Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves||Para 1.22||n/a||
||Details of fund materially in<br>deficit||Para 1.24||n/a||
||Explanation. of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>goingconcem||Para 1.23||n/a||



Additional information 




|The charity's principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising)|Para 1.47|This will largely be through the business<br>community,  other  gant  assisting  bodies<br>and personal donations made at<br>Fundraisihg events,|
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|Investment  policy  and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any  social  invesünent<br>policy adopted|Para 1.46|The  Trust  does  not  currently  have  an<br>investment  policy  or  social  investment<br>policy, this may be developed in 2025/26<br>as required|
|A  description of the<br>principal risks facing<br>the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk relates to ensuring the<br>Trust generates sufficient income to allow<br>it to continue to fund the activities it wishes<br>to support.<br>Also assöciated with this would be if we<br>were  to  receive  a  significant  amount  of<br>applications which would stretch our<br>financial capability.<br>Both risks are mitigated by  the Trust<br>adopting a diligent and sensible approach to<br>deploy our funds on a targeted basis, whilst<br>being  mindful  bf  reserves  and  working<br>closely with inbound applications to<br>understand the financial need.|



Structure, Governance and Management 




|Description of charity's<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing<br>document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust is governed<br>by its constitution that was approved 13/01/2020.|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g<br>unincorporated<br>association,CIO)|Para 1.25|The cha•rity is formed and constituted as a<br>Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).|
|Trustee  selection  methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name 'Of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to  appoint  orie  or  more<br>frustees|Para 1.25|Apart  from  the  first  charity  trustees,  every<br>appointed trustee must be app-ointed for a term<br>of  three  years  by  a  resolution  passed  at  a<br>properly  convened  meeting  of  the  charity<br>trustees.<br>In selecting individuals , for appointment as<br>appointed charity trustees, the charity frustees<br>must have regard to the skills, knowledge and<br>experience needed for the effective<br>administration of the CIO.|



Additional information 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted  for  the  induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Each new Trustee executes a code of<br>conduct and conflict of interest declaration<br>on their appointment.||
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Reference and Administrative details 

|Charityname|THE GERAINT THOMAS CYCLING TRUST|
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|Other name the charity<br>uses|None|
|Registered charitynumber|1187564|
|Charity's principal address|The principal office of the GTCT is Geraint Thomas<br>National Velodrome, for Wales, Newport International<br>Sports Village, Newport, South Wales NP19 4RB.|



Names of the Trustees who manage the charity: 



|Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates  acted  if  not  for<br>whole year|Name of person (or body)<br>entitled to appoint trustee<br>(il any)|
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|Owen Rodgers|Chairman|From Oct 2025||
|Caroline Spanton|Trustee|Year|Beicio Cymru (formerly<br>Welsh Cycling) Ex Offcio|
|Wayne Brown|Trustee|Whole Year||
|Dan-en Tudor|Trustee|Year|Beicio Cymru (formerly<br>Welsh Cycling)Ex Offcio|
|Rhodri Lewis|Trustee|Whole Year||
|Rhodri Davies|Trustee|From April 2025||
|Christine Gibbons|Trustee|Whole Year||
|Tim Boag|Trustee|From April 2025||
|Allan James|Trustee|From April 2()25||
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The 



The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above. 

DATE 

|Signed on behalf of|the charity's trustees|the charity's trustees|||||
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|Signature(s)|||||||
|Full name(s)||Owen Rodgers|||Rhodri Lewis||
|||Chairman|||rustee||
|Position|||||||
||8/1/2026||||8/1/2026||





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15,910
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23,765
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Signature Print Name 




## Independent CHARITY examiner's report on COMMISSION FOR the accounts ENGLAND AND WALES 

Section A Independent Examiner's Report 


I report to the trustees on my examination of the On accounts for accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year the year ended ended 01 April 2025. 

The Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust 

Responsibilities  and  As  the  charity  trustees  of  the  Trust,  you  are 

1 April 2025 

Charity 1187564 no  (if any) 

responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act `2011 ("the Act").` 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention  should  be  drawn  in  order  to  enable  a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 



Signed 

: Name: 

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any) 

: Address: 

October 2018 

JER 

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