Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

BLOODRUN EVS

To relieve sickness and protect public health by the provision of transport for urgently needed blood, drugs, human tissues and other medical requirements between hospitals,blood transfusion banks and other healthcare facilities.To support human life by providing a free of charge transportation service to our local NHS and to other organisations with objectives similar to ours.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£67	£50	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/22		£43	£54	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/21	*	£82	£88	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/20		£86	£62	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/19		£50	£29	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18	*	£58	£62	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£30	£19	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£22	£13	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£12	£14	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£30	£18	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

http://www.bloodrun.co.uk

committee@bloodrun.co.uk

01642 061107

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Transportation and storage activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
75 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

County Durham Community Foundation	£18,500
DCMS	£17,400
Co-Operative Group	£9,903

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,900	26/08/2020	"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."
County Durham Community Foundation - Patient Transport
£2,500	24/07/2020	To support patient transport.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500	24/07/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
County Durham Community Foundation - Covid patient transport
£11,000	29/05/2020	To provide Covid patient transport.
County Durham Community Foundation - Face shields for the NHS
£2,500	14/04/2020	Towards face shields for the NHS.
County Durham Community Foundation - CoVid Dispatch Lounge
£2,500	01/04/2020	To support people to leave hospital safely
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bloodrun EVS
£9,903	15/11/2019	We want to replace one of our ageing ""blood courier"" motorcycles with a newer model to keep our service reliable and efficient.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bloodrun EVS
£3,847	29/11/2017	We want to renew our fleet and fund running costs to provide faster patient diagnosis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support to Stranded Communities
£10,000	27/04/2016 12	The organisation will use funding to deliver open days and events in rural locations in the North East, and recruit and train new volunteer motorbike riders. This will enable the group to promote and ....more The organisation will use funding to deliver open days and events in rural locations in the North East, and recruit and train new volunteer motorbike riders. This will enable the group to promote and extend their emergency support services to rural medical practices, emergency services and to local people in communities affected by adverse weather conditions including floods.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bloodrun EVS Community Support Project
£10,000	06/09/2012 12	This is a project by a charity in Cleveland. The organisation will use funding to purchase two quad bikes, to complement their blood bike services. This will enable the group to extend their ....more This is a project by a charity in Cleveland. The organisation will use funding to purchase two quad bikes, to complement their blood bike services. This will enable the group to extend their emergency support services, including delivering prescriptions to older people and attending accidents prior to the emergency services, to more rural and isolated areas, where their current bikes cannot reach, due to terrain issues.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

GILLIAN DIXON Appointed: 2018

KENNETH BAYNE Appointed: 2020

MARTIN JAMES DIXON (Chair) Appointed: 2022

MARY MARGARET FINEGAN Appointed: 2018

PAUL GEOFFREY SPELLMAN Appointed: 2023

SHABNAM ALI KHAN Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/08/2012, number: 1148463

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 6 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 29 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 3 days late, AR13: 6 days late,

Main office

Commerce House
1 Exchange Square
MIDDLESBROUGH
Cleveland
TS1 1DE

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.

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