Registered charity 1211765

Beicio Cymru Foundation

What it does

The Beicio Cymru Foundation is a charity working to increase cycling participation across Wales by making it more accessible and inclusive. It tackles barriers such as cost and access through funding, advocacy, and community support. Its mission is to grow participation, promote equality, and improve infrastructure, with a vision of cycling being part of everyday life in Wales.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE CYCLING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN AND AROUND WALES AS A MEANS OF FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES:(1) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.(2) THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.(3) THE PROMOTION OF CYCLING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY PROMOTING, ASSISTING, FACILITATING AND PROTECTING THE USE OF BICYCLES AND SIMILAR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC ROADS AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ROUTES.(4) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, PARTICULARLY ON THE HIGHWAYS.(5) THE PROMOTION OF HEALTHY RECREATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, AND(6) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONBY WHATEVER MEANS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CYCLING FACILITIES, SERVICES, TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND LOBBYING AND CAMPAIGNING IN MATTERS RELATING TO CYCLING AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Amateur sport
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
How it works: Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £7,916 and spent £0.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 0% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £10,000, awarded in 2025.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
9 Sept 2025	The National Lottery Community FundPedal and Picnic	£10,000

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Caroline SpantonAppointed 23 September 2024
Debra BarklinAppointed 23 September 2024
Mark StevensAppointed 23 September 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2026	31 January 2027	Received 20 August 2026, 164 days early	Received 20 August 2026

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1211765
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 20 January 2025
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Jan 2025
Council area of its contact address: Newport

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Awarded

Grant

Amount

9 Sept 2025

The National Lottery Community FundPedal and Picnic

£10,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2026

31 January 2027

Received 20 August 2026, 164 days early

Received 20 August 2026