Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 5

LINCOLNSHIRE EMERGENCY BLOOD BIKES SERVICE

To relieve sickness and protect health by the provision of a free transportation system to deliver urgently needed blood, drugs and other medical requirements between NHS hospitals and blood transfusion banks primarily but not exclusively in Lincolnshire.

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
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, 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 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
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23		£44	£48	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/22		£38	£44	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	145
31/03/21		£57	£39	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/20		£101	£52	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	102
31/03/19		£51	£40	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/18		£38	£37	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£37	£30	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£51	£27	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/15	*	£25	£27	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/14	*	£22	£22	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/13	*	£34	£31	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.lebbs.org

chair@lebbs.org

01507 499045

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
120 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
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	27/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,869	02/10/2020	"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 - Expansion of the Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bike Service
£10,000	08/07/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to purchase a new motorcycle which will enable the group to expand their blood transport delivery services into Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. This ....more The organisation will use the funding to purchase a new motorcycle which will enable the group to expand their blood transport delivery services into Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. This will enable the group to deliver potentially lifesaving services in additional areas.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JAMES TAYLOR Appointed: 2018

MICHELLE GARDNER Appointed: 2021

NEVILLE WRIGHT (Chair) Appointed: 2023

PAUL MALE Appointed: 2022

ROBERT BRUNSWICK Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2012, number: 1148402

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 46 days late, AR14: 63 days late, AR13: 25 days late,

Main office

32 Bourne Road
ALFORD
Lincolnshire
LN13 9HX

Objectives

1)THE OBJECT 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 LINCOLNSHIRE.

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