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Registered charity · Bristol

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust

2.1 The Objects of the Charity are the promotion of health and the protection of the natural environment, both in the UK and overseas, for the public benefit through the development in the community of, and the provision of safe routes, paths and...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £111m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland
Website
www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£111m£114m
  • 2024£146m£145m
  • 2023£112m£110m
Earlier years
  • 2022£115m£115m
  • 2021£67m£66m
Charitable objects

2.1 The Objects of the Charity are the promotion of health and the protection of the natural environment, both in the UK and overseas, for the public benefit through the development in the community of, and the provision of safe routes, paths and facilities for, cycling, walking and other forms of low energy transport and to undertake and carry on projects and activities of a charitable nature which will assist in promoting healthy recreation, the protection of the environment and the conservation of energy resources.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Education/training 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 16Business services 2Health and social care 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£110.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

620 from 592 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
87%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
326550
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/03/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/01/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 FEB 2021 as amended on 07 Jul 2023 as amended on 09 May 2025 as amended on 21 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 01797726 · Active
Contact on the register
01179268893 · supporters@walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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