SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1120999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EVS

Severn Freewheelers provide a free courier service to the NHS in North Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to transport urgently needed items such as blood, drugs and samples. Ten emergency service bikes and three cars are available 365 days a year, with members working week days, evenings and weekends. Fleet riders & drivers hold Advanced Licences.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£171k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted cash funds of £301,784 at the end of the period, representing a net increase from the previous year's £273,024. The trustees' report indicates a policy to maintain an eighteen-month cash reserve, and the organization operates entirely with volunteers, incurring no staff costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other Income (56% of income)
“Other Income 133,768”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: eighteen-month cash reserve plus any budgetary requirements (held: £302k)
“The Charity aims to maintain an eighteen-month cash reserve plus any budgetary requirements” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Severn Freewheelers (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Wiltshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£200k£171k
31/12/2024£205k£199k
31/12/2023£191k£116k
31/12/2022£149k£130k
31/12/2021£90k£109k

Common questions

Is SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted cash funds of £301,784 at the end of the period, representing a net increase from the previous year's £273,024. The trustees' report indicates a policy to maintain an eighteen-month cash reserve, and the organization operates entirely with volunteers, incurring no staff costs.

Who funds SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE GORDON GRAY TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCompassionate Support
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government29/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIDLAND FREEWHEELERS - EMERGENCY RIDER VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEVERN FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE£200k—0unclear—no doubt
MIDLAND FREEWHEELERS - EMERGENCY RIDER VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
DEVON FREEWHEELERS FY2025£170k£5,7210above—no doubt
SOUTH WEST BLOOD BIKES FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHUMBRIA BLOOD BIKES FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
FREEWAYS FY2025£10.1m——within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.