## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for 2024** ## 1. Reporting Period |1. Reporting Period|| |---|---| |**From**|01/01/2024| |**To**|31/12/2024| ## 2. Reference & Administrative Details |**Charity name**|Ride Mendips| |---|---| |**Registered charity number**|1188609| |**Charity’s principal address**|1C Fair Hill
Shipham
WINSCOMBE
Avon
BS25 1TH| ## 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 theguidance**|The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit at all relevant times.| 1 **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit** ## 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 2024 Ride Mendips ran a number of volunteer dig sessions
between February and August. During this time, we maintained
and improved a range of mountain bike trails in Rowberrow
Warren and installed a storage facility to support future dig
sessions.
At the time of writing discussions with Forestry England in
relation to the renewal of a contract which enables the charity's
activities are ongoing.| |---|---| |**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 to post or name of**
**any person or body entitled to**
**appoint one or more trustees**|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 charity trustees, the charity trustees must have
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 network of
contributors who are consulted regarding the activities of the
charity. These contributors include beneficiaries of Ride Mendips
activities such as local cycling groups and representatives from
charities with similar objectives.| 2 ## 1. Trustees |**Trustee Name**|**Position**| |---|---| |Howard Swanwick|Chairman| |Samuel Aaron Lees|Treasurer| |Andrew James Drane|Trustee| |Mark James Sheffield|Trustee| |Heath Pimm|Trustee| ## 6. Financial Review |**Review of the charity’s**
**financial position at the end of**
**the period**|During 2024 Ride Mendips generated £725 through donations
and fundraising. Reserves remain sufficient to support ongoing
activities.| |---|---| |**Statement explaining the**
**policy for holding reserves**
**stating why they are held**|Both income and expenditures in relation to ongoing activities
are minimal with objectives achieved primarily through the
support of volunteers. Reserves are therefore held at a level that
ensures the availability of sundry items to support trail building,
associated signage and maintenance of a storage facility| |**Amount of reserves held**|£5,784| |**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.| 3 ## 7. 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.| ## 8. Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. |8. Declarations|8. Declarations| |---|---| |The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.|| |Signed on behalf of the charity’s|trustees| |Signature(s)|Howard Swanwick| |Full name(s)|Howard Swanwick| |Position|Chairman| |Date|15/10/2025| 4 ## Ride Mendips CIO ## Receipts & Payments Accounts for the Year Ending 31st December 2024 Notes to the accounts (1) Restricted funds have now been used to purchase and install a storage building for charity equipment.