Cycle Islington 2024/25 Accounts + Report
1/Apr/2024 to 31/Mar/2025
Income and Expenses
| AGM | ||
| Expense | Income | |
| 2025 Hall Hire | £247.50 | |
| 2024 Drink | £124.83 | |
| 2024 Food | £66.10 | |
| 2024 Tickets Sales + Donations | £758.04 | |
| Sub-totals | £438.43 | £758.04 |
| Campaigns | ||
| Expense | Income | |
| C50 Flyers | £72.01 | |
| Finsbury Park Junction Flyers | £128.66 | |
| Sub-totals | £200.67 | |
| Ongoing Campaigning and Fundraising | ||
| Expense | Income | |
| Bike Breakfast | £17.07 | |
| Donation | £600.98 | |
| Flowers for Campaigner Funerals | £48.15 | |
| Gift Aid | £175.00 | |
| LCC Badges | £96.00 | |
| Meeting Room hire | £44.00 | |
| Ride London Marshalling | £180.00 | |
| Website Hosting | £9.54 | |
| Sub-totals | £214.76 | £955.98 |
| Expense | Income | |
| 2024/25 Overall Totals | £853.86 | £1,714.02 |
Balances
Opening Balance 1/Apr/2024: £2,265.66
Closing Balance 31/Mar/2025: £3,125.82
Treasurer’s Report
We have had a great year for fundraising and donations, while our campaigning has been very volunteer rather than materials focused, thus leaving us with a stronger balance year-on-year.
Our key campaigns have been on raising awareness of consultations in the area, e.g. Barnsbury and Laycock pre-consultation, Cycleway 50, and directly following on from that, our decision to start a long-term campaign to build support for improving Finsbury Park Junction. We incurred costs printing flyers and materials for these campaigns, but this understates the many hours of volunteers’ time in actually standing at the junction, talking to cyclists and pedestrians and actually handing out the flyers, which number in the thousands.
We have continued our ongoing general awareness raising and outreach campaigns, such as bike breakfasts, running a stall at the Saddle and Sole festival, and also at Gillespie park, among others. We funded food and badges for these, though I must mention John H’s handmade fairground games which have been a great attraction in getting families with young kids to come and have a chat. Ongoing costs include occasional hall hire for meetings when the town hall is unavailable, and website hosting.
We made some small donations in recognition of a couple of cycle campaigners who sadly passed away over the year, one younger one unfortunately through traffic violence.
We’ve been quite successful in fundraising this year, notably including a £600 anonymous donation (plus gift aid). As such, we didn’t apply for the LCC central grant due to our healthy balance, and are again not doing so for 2025. Thanks also to Steve for marshalling at Ride London again for which we received a donation.
Last year’s AGM raised money through ticket, raffle ticket, food and drink sales, which after covering costs (hall hire, food and drink) raised £369 overall. Many thanks to all the people who donated raffle prizes last year and also this year, and of course to the volunteers who help run it and the speakers who help make it a success. We look forward to saying the same about this year’s AGM.
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Accounts 2023/24
Expenses
Bike Breakfast Materials 28.97
Croissants for Bike Breakfast 37.80
AGM food 145.90
Donation to Flight Free Charity 175.00
British Rail bridge fliers 55.00
Clown Hands 28.90
Cycle Islington Sail flag 166.14
Pin Badges from LCC 63.00
Mildmay fliers 33.00
TSO Host website expense 59.99
Hall Hire – forthcoming AGM 198.00
Total 991.70
Income
Donations from members including Gift Aid 675
Income from AGM 481.51
LCC – grant to Cycle Islington 365.90
LCC – for leading group ride 180.00
LCC – Testing ‘Stripe’ (Credit card payments via LCC) 0.78
Income from Saddle and Sole event 5.50
Total 1,708.69
Opening balance at 1/04/23 1,548.67
Closing balance at 31/03/24 2,265.66
Accounts 2022/23
Expenditure
AGM Expenses 217.60
Printing Expenses 9.45
“Business” Cards 18.60
Printing Expenses 65.10
Website expense 59.99
Total 370.74
Income
Gift Aid from donation previous year 125.00
Grant from LCC (based on membership numbers) 368.30
Anonymous Donation 500.00 plus Gift Aid 125.00 = 625.00
Total 1143.30
Opening balance at 1/04/22 801.11
Closing balance at 31/03/23 1,548.67
Accounts 2021/22
Expenditure
Domain Name 59.99
Web-hosting 8.34
Printing expenses 162.80
Printing expenses 248.42
Printing expenses (shared with Camden Cycling Campaign) 39.00
Total 518.55
Income
Grant from LCC 362.90
Donation 500.00
Total 862.90
Opening balance at 1/04/21 456.76
Closing balance at 31/03/22 801.11
Accounts 2019/20
Expenditure
AGM Expenses 64.45
Donation to Ride High Charity (AGM Speaker’s) 50.00
Room Hire WPCA (Marshall Training 50.00
Domain Name Fee 7.19
Web Hosting Charge 49.99
Total £221.63
Opening Balance at 31.03.19 £ 1,119.06
Closing Balance at 31.03.20 £ 897.43
Notes:
1. We didn’t take any money from LCC/Tfl for leading Skyride.
Accounts 2018/9
Income 2018/9
Payment for leading Skyride 180.00
Total £180.00
Expenditure 2018/9
Canal festival stall hire 45.00
Christ Church hall hire for hustings 70.00
Donation to Wheels for Wellbeing 50.00
Web hosting expenses 67.18
Total £232.18
Balance of Account at 31.03.18 £1171.24
Balance of Account at 31.03.19 £1109.06
Accounts 2016/7
Income 2016/7
Bank Interest 0.82
LCC Grant 382.70
Payment for Led Ride 180.00
Total 563.52
Expenditure 2016/7
Printing fliers 195.00
Catering Quietway Event and Christmas 24.45
AGM Catering 82.66
Cally Road Festival stall 30.00
Angel Festival stall 45.00
Website expense 57.18
Total 434.29
Balance of account
At bank 1.4.2016 £1106.15
At bank 1.4.2017 £1235.38
Accounts 2015/6
Income 2015/6
15 May Freighliners Farm (Return of Deposit) 60.00
29 Jun Donation (Oliver Jones) 25.00
30 Jun Bank Interest 1.12
30 Sep Payment for Led Ride 180.00
30 Sep Bank Interest 0.87
31 Dec Bank Interest 0.77
31 Mar Bank Interest 0.73
Total 267.76
Expenditure
LCC Space for cycling materials 55.00
Stall Hire Angel Festival 45.00
Entertainment Safari Ride 150.00
Catering AGM 114.13
Signs and taxi for Bike Breakfast 16.00
Catering Bike Breakfast 40.81
Bike Doctor Bike Breakfast 40.00
Catering Quiet Ride 12.80
Catering various 56.00
Printing fliers 195.00
Printing fliers 65.00
Printing fliers 130.00
Printing fliers 130.00
Copyright Payment 57.00
Website expenses 75.24
Total 1181.98
Balance of account
At bank 1.4.2015 £ 2,019.64
At bank 1.4.2016 £1,106.15
Accounts 2014/5
Accounts 2014/5
Income
30/06/2014 Bank Interest 1.61
30/09/2014 Bank Interest 1.40
31/12/2014 Bank Interest 1.32
31/04/2015 Bank Interest 1.21
27/10/2014 LCC led ride payment 160.00
Total £165.54
Expenditure
Space for Cycling planning meeting and map 14.30
ICAG Banner 66.10
AGM Catering and Presents 218.16
Little Islington Ride/croissants/drinks/cable ties 25.85
Little Islington Ride/cups & balloons 2.98
Space for Cycling materials 75.00
Angel Festival stall hire 45.00
Bike breakfast/mechanics & croissants 422.50
Bike breakfast/tea, juice, presents & taxi 22.96
Catering Christmas meeting 25.71
Basket fruit and token – Victoria 28.11
Archway campaign/photocopying/cable ties 22.95
Hire of Freightliners [advance inc. 60.00 deposit] 120.00
Domain & Web Hosting 49.99
Miscellaneous – no receipt 4.50
Total £1144.11
Balance of account
At bank 1.4.2014 £ 2,998.21
At bank 1.4.2015 £2,019.64
Available to spend £ 1169.64