Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +0

Overall GiG Score: 0

BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA

Provides daily out of hours and weekend voluntary free courier service to NHS in north and west Cumbria for collection and delivery of blood ,tissue samples, files and instruments between sites and daily delivery of blood to Great North Air Ambulance at Langwathby. We also have standby cover for emergency urgent courier runs including relay through Cumbria for long distances transfers.

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 a grant maker 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:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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
31/05/23	£93	£87	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	144
31/05/22	£93	£86	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	136
31/05/21	£108	£99	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	128
31/05/20	£184	£143	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	134
31/05/19	£147	£211	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	114
31/05/18	£203	£192	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/17	£130	£67	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
06/06/16	£88	£82	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15	£64	£29	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

bloodbikescumbria.org.uk

info@bloodbikescumbria.org.uk

07494569099

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
144 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
£175	09/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Blood Bikes Cumbria
£3,730	04/08/2017	Fuel & maintenance for our bikes is essential; without prompt transfer of blood & tissue for diagnosis, some patients lives could be at risk

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW WILLIAM HOUGHTON Appointed: 2021

CHARLES JAMES PAYNE Appointed: 2023

CHRISTINE SLATER Appointed: 2021

DENZIL VERNON ADDISON Appointed: 2022

GEOFFREY CHARLES WEBSTER Appointed: 2023

GRAEME THOMPSON CRESSWELL Appointed: 2020

IAN WALBY Appointed: 2020

JAMES ERNEST WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2023

JOHN MATHIESON BEATTIE Appointed: 2023

MATTHEW JAMES HODGSON Appointed: 2022

RUTH LOUISE HETHERINGTON Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2014, number: 1159026

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit 8A
Port Road Business Park
CARLISLE
CA2 7AF

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS:TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES, BREAST MILK AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION BANKS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN CUMBRIA (LAKE DISTRICT)AND S.W. SCOTLAND. TO ALSO HELP THE NHS TO SAVE MONEY WHICH COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON PATIENT CARE.

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