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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE 

Severn Freewheelers provide a free courier service to the NHS in North Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to transport urgently needed items such as blood, drugs and samples. Ten emergency service bikes and three cars are available 365 days a year, with members working week days, evenings and weekends. Fleet riders & drivers hold Advanced Licences.
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
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is completely 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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£149£130£19n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/12/21£90£109£-19n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/12/20£90£66£24n/an/an/an/an/a119
31/12/19£153£147£6n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/12/18£184£147£37£0£0£0n/a0100
31/12/17£182£186£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£123£112£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£139£129£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£108£115£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£119£113£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£107£108£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£110£81£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£54£48£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£29£41£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£39£37£2£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.severnfreewheelers.org.uk

secretary@severnfreewheelers.org.uk

07597672586

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 150 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Hereford Blood Bike replacement
£5,000 25/05/2023
Grant to Severn Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/07/2020
"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 ....more
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Severn Free Wheelers
£4,300 06/05/2020
5
additional costs during lockdown
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Severn Freewheelers
£5,019 19/11/2018
We would like to replace an ageing motorcycle blood bike with a suitable and safer newer one.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2007, number: 1120999
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR09: 64 days late, AR08: 384 days late,
Main office

SEVERN FREEWHEELERS E V S
PO BOX 220
CIRENCESTER
GL7 9BJ

Objectives

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 GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, WILTSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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