## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for 2022** ## 1. Reporting Period |**From**|01/01/2022| |---|---| |**To**|31/12/2022| ## 2. Reference & Administrative Details |**Charity name**|Ride Mendips| |---|---| |**Registered charity number**|1188609| |**Charity’s principal address**|Meadow View,
Round Oak Road,
Cheddar.
BS27 3BN| ## 3. Objectives & Activities |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity as set out in its**
**governing document**|The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit on the Mendip
Hills and the surrounding areas, to promote community
participation in healthy recreation and to provide or assist in the
provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for
recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who
have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age,
infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances
with the object of improving their conditions of life.| |---|---| |**Summary of the main**
**activities in relation to those**
**purposes for the public**
**benefit, in particular, the**
**activities, projects or services**
**identified in the accounts.**|Protect existing and pursue the opening of new rights of way for
off road cyclists.
Construct and maintain sustainable cycling facilities & trails to a
high standard.
Act as an information and communication point for local off road
cyclists.
Promote a code of conduct among the off road cycling
community.
Promote the importance of off road cycling to other user groups
and organisations.| |**Statement confirming**
**whether the trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**|The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit at all relevant times.| 1 ## 4. Achievements & Performance |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity,**
**identifying the difference the**
**charity’s work has made to**
**the circumstances of its**
**beneficiaries and any wider**
**benefits to society as a whole.**|In 2022 Ride Mendips continued to focus on two main projects
for the benefit of the local community:
Rowberrow Warren Bike Trails:
In 2022 Ride Mendips ran a series of approximately 10-12
volunteer dig sessions between February & August. During this
time we made extensive improvements to a range of mountain
bike trails in Rowberrow Warren. However, we focused on
improvements to Pig Pen, Happy Valley and the lower part of
Yee Haw. At the end of the dig season the trails were in the best
condition that they had been since the inception of Ride
Mendips.
Cheddar Pump Track:
In January 2022 Velosolutions were commissioned to begin the
build of Cheddar pump track. The track build was completed in
March and Ride Mendips ran a launch event in April. The event
attracted a wide range of both locals and visitors. The pump
track has been a fantastic success and is used regularly by a wide
range of people of all ages. However, the track is most popular
with younger riders & skaters. The track is now owned and
maintained by Cheddar Parish Council. Having successfully driven
the Cheddar Pump Track Project to completion, Ride Mendips
have now returned focus to trail building and maintenance in
Rowberrow Warren.| |---|---| |**Contribution made by**
**volunteers.**|Volunteers make a significant contribution to the achievement of
Ride Mendips objectives. All dig sessions are led by Ride Mendips
committee members but are mostly made up of volunteers who
want to assist with the building and maintenance of trails.| ## 5. Structure, Governance & Management |**Type of governing document**|Constitution| |---|---| |**How is the charity**
**constituted?**|Foundation CIO| |**Trustee selection methods**
**including details of any**
**constitutional provisions e.g.**
**election topost or name of**|Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be
appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened
meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for
appointment as charitytrustees,the charitytrustees must have| 2 |**any person or body entitled to**
**appoint one or more trustees**|regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the
effective administration of the CIO.
Additional Eligibility Checks:
(1) Register of persons removed as trustees of a charity.
(2) Register of disqualified directors.| |---|---| |**The charity’s organisational**
**structure and any wider**
**network with which the**
**charity works**|In addition to the Trustees Ride Mendips has a committee of
members who are consulted with regards the activities of the
charity. The committee is made up of volunteers supporting
delivery of the charity's objectives, beneficiaries of Ride Mendips
activities such as local cycling groups and representatives from
charities with similar objectives including British Cycling.| ## 6. Trustee Committee Members |**Trustee Name**|**Position**| |---|---| |Grant Stephen Garge|Chairman| |Samuel Aaron Lees|Treasurer| |Matthew John Latham|Secretary| |Jonathan Howkins|Trustee| |Colin Michael Baker|Trustee| |Stuart Aron Beauchemin|Trustee| |Matthew James Coxhead|Trustee| ## 7. Non Trustee Committee Members |**Advisor Name**|**Position**| |---|---| |Adam Clutterbuck|Communications Officer| ## 8. Financial Review |**Review of the charity’s**
**financial position at the end of**
**the period**|Ride Mendips received a number of funding grants in 2021 to
support the Cheddar Pump Track Project. Some of these were
paid upfront and held in reserves whilst others were held until
the commencement of the project due in early 2022.| |---|---| |**Statement explaining the**
**policy for holding reserves**
**stating why they are held**|The majority of funds raised by Ride Mendips are restricted in
relation to the Cheddar Pump Track. Both income and
expenditures in relation to other activities are minimal with
objectives achievedprimarilythrough the support of volunteers.| 3 ||Reserves are therefore held at a level that ensures the
availability of sundry items to support trail building and
associated signage.| |---|---| |**Amount of reserves held**|£14,020| |**Reasons for holding zero**
**reserves**|Not applicable.| |**Details of fund materially in**
**deficit**|Not applicable.| |**Explanation of any**
**uncertainties about the**
**charity continuing as a going**
**concern**|Not applicable.| ## 9. Funds Held As Custodian Trustees On Behalf Of Others |Description of the assets held
in this capacity|Not applicable.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|Not applicable.| ## 10.Declarations |The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.|The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.| |---|---| |Signed on behalf of the charity’s|trustees| |Signature(s)|Grant Garge| |Full name(s)|Grant Garge| |Position|Chairman| |Date|21/09/2023| 4 ## Ride Mendips CIO Receipts & Payments Accounts for the Year Ending 31st December 2022 ## **Notes to the accounts** - 1) Restricted funds are in relation to the construction of a Pump Track within the village of Cheddar