Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 5

CORNWALL BLOOD BIKES

PROVIDE AN OUT OF HOURS VOLUNTARY SERVICE TRANSPORTING HUMAN BLOOD PRODUCTS AND SPECIMENS, BREAST MILK, MEDICATION, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & NOTES BETWEEN NHS ESTABLISHMENTS AT NO COST TO THE NHS; BY MEANS OF CAR OR MOTORCYCLE 7 DAYS PER WEEK & OPERATE 24 HOURS DURING BANK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS. VOLUNTEERS HOLD ADVANCED DRIVING / RIDING CERTIFICATION & UNDERGO RELEVANT TRAINING / INDUCTION / REVIEW.

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
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
The Board is predominantly 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

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
31/12/23	£188	£121	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£121	£115	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£109	£113	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£109	£112	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£124	£95	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£115	£81	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£105	£34	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£65	£36	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£46	£44	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£27	£33	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	£51	£39	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	£30	£28	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	£7	£5	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.cornwallbloodbikes.org

info@cornwallbloodbikes.org

0300 365 0912

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall, Isles Of Scilly,

Who it helps

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	31/10/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	02/06/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Cornwall Blood Bikes
£10,000	19/01/2021 2	The funding will enable the organisation to continue providing its courier service which supports the NHS by collecting and delivering blood and pathology samples breast milk COVID-19 test swabs medical equipment and medication between hospitals ....more The funding will enable the organisation to continue providing its courier service which supports the NHS by collecting and delivering blood and pathology samples breast milk COVID-19 test swabs medical equipment and medication between hospitals and hospices during out of hours.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDY BELLAMY Appointed: 2018

BRENDAN HALE Appointed: 2021

CHRISTOPHER EDWARD POLAWSKI VEL PIETRZAK Appointed: 2023

IAN BUTLER Appointed: 2021

JAMES HIND Appointed: 2022

JAYNE PENLERICK Appointed: 2018

JOHN PENLERICK Appointed: 2018

PAUL THOMAS Appointed: 2018

STEVE MASON Appointed: 2021

SYLVIA COOKMAN Appointed: 2020

TIM COOKMAN Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2011, number: 1140165

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

Gwendra
Newbridge
PENZANCE
Cornwall
TR20 8PH

Objectives

THE ORGANISATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN CORNWALL, DEVON AND SOMERSET.1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDEDBLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS, CLINICS,LABORATORIES, DOCTORS, OR OTHER SUCH PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.2) TO ADVANCE THE PUBLICS EDUCATION IN ISSUES RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CORNWALL, DEVON AND SOMERSET.

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