Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

SOUTH WEST BLOOD BIKES

Mission:

Our aim is to save lives and improve patient outcomes, whilst saving the NHS and Hospices money they can spend on patient care instead

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/11/22		£56,898	£42,148	£14,750	72
30/11/21		£39,198	£23,145	£16,053	48
30/11/20		£51,645	£13,560	£38,085	12
30/11/19	*	£6,428	£14,026	£-7,598	9

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

HTTPS://WWW.SWBB.CHARITY

SUPPORT@SWBB.CHARITY

0300 365 2025

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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How you can help

What it does

Blood bikers are volunteers who use their advanced motorcycle skills in providing an out of hours service, supporting our NHS partners to transport essential urgent supplies such as Whole Blood, Pathology Samples, Medication, Medical Equipment, Medical Notes and occasionally Donor Breast Milk to the NHS hospitals and hospices throughout Devon and beyond.

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
72 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,271
The Grocers' Charity	£1,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - South West Blood Bikes
£6,000	09/06/2023	The funding will be used to cover the fuel and maintenance costs of the bikes. The project aims to expand the vital service it provides to the community bringing people together to improve health and ....more The funding will be used to cover the fuel and maintenance costs of the bikes. The project aims to expand the vital service it provides to the community bringing people together to improve health and wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South West Blood Bikes
£6,271	23/10/2021	We would like to recruit new riders and purchase a new bike, so we can continue to provide free emergency volunteer courier services to the NHS and other medical facilities within the community.
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - South West Blood Bikes
£1,500	24/03/2021	Towards project costs for a free Blood Bike volunteer service to the NHS Hospitals and other healthcare providers, including COVID-19 swabs (both used and unused).
National Lottery Community Fund - South West Blood Bikes
£4,000	02/12/2020 6	The funding will be used to cover the running and maintenance costs of the 'Blood Bikes' service which is serving community and health care providers during COVID-19. The project aims to provide ....more The funding will be used to cover the running and maintenance costs of the 'Blood Bikes' service which is serving community and health care providers during COVID-19. The project aims to provide voluntary assistance to vulnerable people and overstretched services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

IAN HOPKINS Appointed: 2022

MARK ANSTIS Appointed: 2022

STEVE JONES Appointed: 2022

DENISE KAY BENTLEY Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Treasurer

With a long history in financial management, our Treasurer keeps an eye on all financial matters, making sure that budgets are set and that the bills are paid, whilst at the same time making sure that we are fully compliant to Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator\'s codes of best practice. As well as looking after our finances,....more

MARK JOHN BENTLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Chairman/Volunteer Rider

Our Chairman took over and runs the operation of the charity, via three Team Managers. Mark\'s main role is ensuring that we have proper policies and procedures in place to cover all that we do, to ensure that we comply to the standards required by both our Service Users, and the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes. He chairs the monthly....more

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/2018, number: 1180510

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR19: 22 days late,

Main office

BOUNDS HOUSE
3 BOUNDS PLACE
MILLBAY ROAD
PLYMOUTH
PL1 3LS

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES, AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION BANKS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON.

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