Preview: Charts 14 – Waffle of where donated bikes go, with a headline stat

WHEELHOUSE BIKE RESCUE · 2025 IN BIKES

Of every 100 bikes you give us, 71 ride again.

Each square is one bike in a hundred. Most are fixed and sold for under £120 or handed on free through our referral partners. The rest give up their parts or go for scrap.

Refurbished and sold46%
Given free25%
Stripped for parts17%
Scrapped8%
Still in the workshop4%

1,284bikes

donated to the workshop in 2025

Counted at intake, January to December

Behind the squares

Refurbished and sold: 591 bikes Serviced, safety checked and sold with a three-month guarantee
Given free: 321 bikes Through referral partners, to people starting jobs or college
Stripped for parts: 218 bikes Wheels, brakes and saddles go back into the fixes
Scrapped: 103 bikes Frames too rusted or cracked to ride safely
Still in the workshop: 51 bikes Queued