Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

SERVICE BY EMERGENCY RIDER VOLUNTEERS (OXFORDSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BERKSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE)

SERV OBN provides specialist training, access to dedicated fleet of fully expensed motorcycles, authority to operate within the scope of specific Service Level Agreements in place between NHS hospitals and SERV OBN, opportunity to have their advanced rider skills assessed by qualified personnel Thus members serve their community by providing a rapid response motorcycle courier service FOC to NHS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/24	£107	£107	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	£122	£106	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£110	£119	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£107	£95	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£108	£101	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£133	£86	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£96	£82	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£88	£44	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£77	£48	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£39	£48	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£42	£34	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

http://www.serv-obn.org.uk

chairman@serv-obn.org.uk

07785 703382

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
DCMS	£10,000
Oxfordshire Community Foundation	£6,000
Masonic Trust	£3,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£3,250	01/08/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Purchase of Blood Bike Motorcycle
£10,000	28/07/2022	The funding will be used to buy a blood bike. The project aims to provide an out of hours rapid response service to the NHS hospitals in our region delivering urgent Blood Blood products medical supplies medical equipment COVID 19 testing kits and ....more The funding will be used to buy a blood bike. The project aims to provide an out of hours rapid response service to the NHS hospitals in our region delivering urgent Blood Blood products medical supplies medical equipment COVID 19 testing kits and Human Donor Milk during the times when other transport options to the NHS in our region may be limited such as every night weekends and public holidays.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fuel and Maintenance cost
£10,000	21/05/2021	The funding will be used to cover the fuel and maintenance costs of the rapid response service. The project aims to enable them to continue delivering urgent medical blood products and donor milk for people in emergency situations.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Fuel costs
£2,000	02/02/2021	Purchase fuel for our fleet of motorcycles.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	01/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Fuel cost assistance
£4,000	09/04/2020 5	Advice & support - As result of demand to transport COVID-19 sample our operation is now 24/7. This in turn has caused an increase in our operating costs for fuel etc.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

ALLISTON HYDE Appointed: 2021

CAPTAIN KAMRAN IRANI (Chair) Appointed: 2013

CLAIRE RUBEN Appointed: 2019

GUY KEITH LIPSCOMB Appointed: 2019

JAMIL HUSSAIN Appointed: 2022

PETER SMITHSON Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2012, number: 1147549

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

Sunny Bank
High Street
Ramsden
CHIPPING NORTON
Oxfordshire
OX7 3AU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A MOTORCYCLE COURIER SERVICE, FREE OF CHARGE, TO TRANSPORT BLOOD, SAMPLES AND OTHER ITEMS USED FOR THE MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF NHS PATIENTS, FOR DOCTORS, NHS HOSPITALS AND LABORATORIES.

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