**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 8 September 2020 to 31 July 2021** 


## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|**Charity name**|Ride Bristol|
|---|---|
|**Registered charity**<br>**number**|1191199|
|**Charity’s principal**<br>**address**|12B Flax Bourton Road<br>Failand<br>Bristol<br>BS8 3UW|



## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Summary of the**<br>**purposes of the charity**<br>**as set out in its**<br>**governing document**|The object of the CIO is: the promotion of community<br>participation in healthy recreation in Bristol and the<br>surrounding area by providing opportunities and facilities<br>to participate in off road cycling through the construction<br>and maintenance of safe cycle trails which protect the<br>integrity of the physical and natural environment and<br>encourage responsible cycling.|
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|**Statement confirming**<br>**whether the trustees**<br>**have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the**<br>**Charity Commission on**<br>**public benefit**|The Trustees have complied with the duty in section 17 of<br>the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit<br>guidance published by the Commission|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

|**Summary of the main**<br>**achievements of the**<br>**charity, identifying the**<br>**difference the charity’s**<br>**work has made to the**<br>**circumstances of its**<br>**beneficiaries and any**|Ride Bristol was registered as a charity on 8 September<br>2020 and our first year was a challenging year due to the<br>onset of COVID lockdown restrictions which limited the<br>activities that we could perform.<br>The focus of our first year was establishing the charity and<br>a large proportion of the basic leg work has now been|
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|**wider benefits to society**<br>**as a whole and summary**<br>**of the main activities in**<br>**relation to those**<br>**purposes for the public**<br>**benefit, in particular, the**<br>**activities, projects or**<br>**services identified in the**<br>**accounts.**|done. As a charity we have started to build relationships<br>with the key landowners in the Bristol area and by the end<br>of the financial year we were in a position to perform<br>regular trail maintenance days.<br>The hard work from the current financial year came to<br>fruition in the second half of 2021. Some of the main<br>achievements for the remainder of 2021 have been<br>●<br>We hosted our first dig day in August 2021 and by<br>the end of 2021 we had hosted 10 dig sessions with<br>128 people volunteering.<br>●<br>In conjunction with Stif Mountain Bikes we<br>refurbished the SuperNova trail which opened in<br>December 2021.<br>●<br>We have completed Ad Hoc repairs on the Nova Trail<br>in Ashton Court.<br>●<br>We took on responsibility for managing trails at 50<br>Acre managed by Forestry England<br>The general public continue to benefit from the work<br>performed by Ride Bristol, in the first 11 month of 2021 there<br>were over 110,000 laps of the Nova Trail.|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|**Review of the charity’s**<br>**financial position at the**<br>**end of the period**|At the end of the financial period the charity held £11,225 in<br>the bank.|
|**Statement explaining**<br>**the policy for holding**<br>**reserves stating why**<br>**they are held**|The trustees aim to maintain reserves in unrestricted funds<br>at a level that will allow sufficient funds to be available to<br>respond to charitable activities as they arise.|
|**Amount of reserves held**|The balance held as unrestricted funds at the yearend was<br>£11,225|
|**Explanation of any**<br>**uncertainties about the**<br>**charity continuing as a**<br>**going concern**|There are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as<br>a going concern|





**Structure, Governance and Management** 

|**Type of governing**<br>**document**|Ride Bristol is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation<br>established by a constitution dated 8 September 2020. It<br>was registered as a charity on 8 September 2020, charity<br>number 1191199.|
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|**How is the charity**<br>**constituted?**||
|**Trustee selection**<br>**methods including**<br>**details of any**<br>**constitutional provisions**<br>**e.g. election to post or**<br>**name of any person or**<br>**body entitled to appoint**<br>**one or more trustees**|Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be<br>appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed<br>at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees,<br>the charity trustees must have regard to the skills,<br>knowledge and experience needed for the effective<br>administration of the CIO.|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1|James Cleeton||Appointed 8 September 2020, Resigned<br>2 February 2022|
|2|Nolan Price||Appointed 8 September 2020|
|3|Adam Coupland|Treasurer|Appointed 8 September 2020|
|4|Tim Knowles||Appointed 8 September 2020|
|5|Oliver Cain||Appointed 8 September 2020|
|6|Christopher Leeks||Appointed 8 September 2020|
|7|Samuel Burrough||Appointed 8 September 2020|
|8|Patrick Tumilty||Appointed 8 September 2020, Resigned<br>29 May 2021|
|9|Fiona Wilson||Appointed 8 September 2020, Resigned<br>30 July 2021|
|10|Claire Sharpe||Appointed 9 February 2022|





## **Declarations** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

## A Co�p���d 

Adam Coupland, Treasurer Date 22 April 2022 



**Ride Bristol CIO Receipts and payments accounts for the period 8 September 2020 to 31 July 2021** 


## **Receipts and Payments** 

|**Receipts and Payments**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted<br>Funds<br>£|Restricted<br>Funds<br>£|Total<br>Funds<br>£|
|**Receipts**||||
|Donations|11,581|-|11,581|
|Gift Aid|206|-|206|
|Other Income|11|-|11|
|**Total Receipts**|**11,798**|**-**|**11,798**|
|||||
|**Payments**||||
|Trail Maintenance and Development|167|-|167|
|Banking and Card Fees|46|-|46|
|Training|360|-|360|
|**Total Payments**|**573**|**-**|**573**|
|||||
|**Net Receipts/(Payments)**|**11,225**|**-**|**11,225**|
|Transfer between funds|-|-|-|
|**Cah funds this year end**|**11,225**|**-**|**11,225**|





**Ride Bristol CIO Receipts and payments accounts for the period 8 September 2020 to 31 July 2021** 


## **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**the period**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted<br>Funds<br>£|Restricted<br>Funds<br>£|Total<br>Funds<br>£|
|**Cash funds**||||
|Cash in bank|11,225|-|11,225|
|**Total cash funds**|**11,225**|**-**|**11,225**|



Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by 

## A Co�p���d 

Adam Coupland, Treasurer Date 22 April 2022 

