Rdb Cycle CIO
Charity 1201112
Overview
Summary
RDB Cycle CIO appears to be a recently formed, mission-led cycling organisation combining a member-oriented cycle club model with charitable grant-making for sickness and ill-health. Its public identity emphasises welcoming, social and inclusive participation, while its formal objects extend beyond cycling into support for other charities, voluntary bodies and individuals. This suggests an organisation using cycling both as a recreational community and as a platform for wider health-related charitable benefit, although the available evidence leaves its current operational scale and grant activity unclear.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: the Charity Commission register lists Birmingham City among the places where RDB Cycle CIO operates, but it does not identify any Birmingham ward, venue, ride start point or service location. No supplied Birmingham area identifier can therefore be evidenced.
- Direct evidence: the charity reported £0 income and £0 expenditure for the years ending 30 June 2023, 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025. Its 2023–24 trustees' annual report states that the charity was not yet operating.
- Direct evidence: RDB Cycle's website advertises membership, rides and events, but its events calendar showed no upcoming events and only past events dating to 2022. This leaves current delivery activity, including any activity in Birmingham, unconfirmed.
- Reasonable interpretation: the Charity Commission's reported geography indicates an intended or declared regional footprint across Birmingham, the wider West Midlands and other locations, rather than a neighbourhood-, district- or citywide-only organisation. This is not strong evidence of active current delivery in those places.
- The website describes RDB Cycle as a national cycle club, which conflicts with the more limited geographical list on the Charity Commission register. There is insufficient current activity evidence to resolve whether its operational footprint is regional or national in practice.
- No physical operational site in Birmingham is evidenced. The registered/contact address is elsewhere, and the Charity Commission states that the CIO does not own or lease land or property.
- British Cycling appears to support membership registration, insurance-related requirements and affiliation, but available evidence does not show that this partnership materially extends RDB Cycle's operational reach within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report or operational update identifying services, grants, rides or events actually delivered after 30 June 2025.
- Current event listings or ride calendars showing Birmingham activity and dates.
- Confirmation from RDB Cycle of whether it currently delivers any activity in Birmingham and, if so, the relevant wards or recognised places.
- Evidence of any Birmingham-based delivery partners, host venues or grant recipients.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Cycling appears to be both the community offer and the fundraising platform
The available evidence suggests that RDB Cycle's cycling activity is intended to create participation, social connection and a basis for charitable health support, rather than being solely a sports club.
Why it matters
This hybrid role may make the organisation a potential bridge between recreational cycling, health improvement and charitable fundraising networks.
Show evidence
“The CIO promotes amateur cycling and relieves sickness or ill-health through the provision of grants.”
Source:Charity Commission“RDB Cycle was formed following a charity LEJOG ride set up to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.”
Source:Organisation
Its charitable reach may extend beyond its own members
RDB Cycle appears designed to distribute value externally through grants to individuals and organisations, alongside providing cycling facilities, equipment and advice.
Why it matters
This distinguishes it from a conventional membership club and raises useful questions about which communities or partner organisations benefit from its resources.
Show evidence
“The charity helps other charities or voluntary bodies and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
There is a tension between national ambition and uncertain delivery readiness
The organisation presents itself as a national club offering varied rides and events, but its website also signals a period in which formal operation was paused. This may indicate an early-stage or capacity-constrained operating model.
Why it matters
Understanding whether this is an active delivery organisation, an emerging network or a paused initiative is important before assuming it can participate in partnerships or meet local demand.
Show evidence
“RDB Cycle is a national cycle club, newly formed in 2021.”
Source:Organisation“RDB Cycle will not be formally operating until Spring next year.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether grants have been made, and to whom.
- Whether club rides, facilities and events are currently operating.
- Which places or communities the national club actually reaches.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or accounts showing grant expenditure, beneficiaries and fundraising.
- Current programme information showing active rides, membership, locations and partner relationships.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To promote community participation in healthy recreation, in particular, by providing facilities and equipment for participating in the sport of cycling and the relief of sickness or ill-health among children and adults for the benefit of the public through the provision of grants.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS TO: (A) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROMOTING THE AMATEUR SPORT OF CYCLING; AND (B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR ILL-HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN AND ADULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.