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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

RE~CYCLE

There are millions of bikes lying rusting in garages or being thrown away in the UK. Meanwhile, in the Africa, a 4-hour daily walk is common (water, school, farm, market). Re~Cycle collects second hand bikes & parts & ships them to Africa, where partners teach local people how to repair & maintain them, helping them to improve their own lives in a sustainable manner.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£349£299£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£275£272£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£292£267£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£325£255£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£409£287£122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£327£440£-113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£309£528£-219n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£642£535£108£114£378£358890
31/12/15*£500£502£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£496£372£124n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£403£348£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12?£220£164£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£147£162£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£133£139£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£98£122£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£121£114£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£126£88£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£112£85£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£93£98£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£94£75£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.re-cycle.org

info@re-cycle.org

01206617865

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Guernsey, Ireland, Scotland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, The Gambia, Throughout England And Wales, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Re-Cycle
£30,000 08/03/2024
Unrestricted grant for recycling bicycles to African countries
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Re-Cycle
£30,000 26/01/2022
Re-cycling bicycles collected and restored in UK and sent to Africa
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Re-Cycle
£7,000 15/04/2021
12
Re-cycling bicycles collected and restored in UK and sent to Africa
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Re-cycle
£5,000 16/07/2020
towards the warehouse rent of a bicycle recycling charity based in Colchester during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Provide Volunteering opportunities sending bikes to Africa
£5,000 20/06/2019
11
Towards staff and volunteer costs at a bicycle recycling charity based in Colchester
Essex Community Foundation - Support for Re-Cycle Operational Costs
£4,000 18/04/2018
9
Towards staff and volunteer costs at a bicycle recycling charity based in Colchester

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-69
  • HANNAH PERRINS-HILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Network Manager
  • OMOLADE ADEYEYE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager
  • TREVOR FITCHETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1997, number: 1063570
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/03/1997, number: 03337853
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 20 days late, AR06: 8 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SMILES FOR AFRICA on 21/07/2021
Main office

Unit 8 The Grove Estate
Colchester Road
Wormingford
Essex
CO6 3AJ

Objectives

(A) RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF RECYCLED MATERIALS; (B) PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS, BUILDING RECYCLING INTO THE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS; (C) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE RECYCLING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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