Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

WHITEKNIGHTS YORKSHIRE BLOOD BIKES

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 Yorkshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more 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:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 16 years

www.whiteknights.org.uk

info@whiteknights.org.uk

07970224420

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£57	£55	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/12/21	£48	£50	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/20	£35	£43	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/19	£87	£89	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/18	£44	£31	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	60
31/12/17	£24	£31	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£75	£34	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£38	£34	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£35	£29	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£27	£31	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£28	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£28	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£16	£14	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£9	£10	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£21	£13	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, City Of York, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 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
DCMS	£6,984
Masonic Trust	£3,446

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£3,446	27/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,984	14/07/2020	"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 "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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Replace Lottie with Lottie Mk2
£10,000	02/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to purchase a new motorbike (blood bike) to continue transporting blood, breast milk and medical supplies as part of an out of hour's service to NHS hospitals and hospices. ....more The funding will be used to purchase a new motorbike (blood bike) to continue transporting blood, breast milk and medical supplies as part of an out of hour's service to NHS hospitals and hospices. The project aims to support local hospitals and hospices through their volunteer led provision.
National Lottery Community Fund - Whiteknights EVS new Blood Bike development
£10,000	20/11/2013 12	The organisation will use the funding to purchase a custom built lighter motorbike (blood bike) to enable more volunteers including female participants to transport blood, breast milk and medical ....more The organisation will use the funding to purchase a custom built lighter motorbike (blood bike) to enable more volunteers including female participants to transport blood, breast milk and medical supplies as part of an out of hours service to NHS hospitals. This will enable the organisation to extend their current service to include additional hospitals in their local area and meet the demand for more volunteering opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW FOSTER (Chair) Appointed: 2015

ANDREW WRAGG Appointed: 2023

MATTHEW BEYNON-TULLET Appointed: 2017

MATTHEW BUTTERFIELD Appointed: 2023

MATTHEW TICE Appointed: 2014

MICHAEL HARRISON Appointed: 2023

ROY CLARK Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/06/2008, number: 1124510

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Topland Communications Ltd
Hamnett House
Gibbet Street
HALIFAX
West Yorkshire
HX2 0AX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY 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 YORKSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE.

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