WHITEKNIGHTS YORKSHIRE BLOOD BIKES

Registered charity 1124510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITEKNIGHTS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE, WYBB (abbreviation for Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes)

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 Yorkshire.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,809 at year-end, which is below the charity's policy target of £10,000. However, the trustees note that this dip followed the purchase of two new vehicles and that reserves had recovered to £8,975 within one week of the year end, indicating adequate short-term liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Mark Mason Benevolent Fund — “The bike was purchased through the national Mark Mason Benevolent Fund which donated £750,000 to the 36 Blood Bike Charities across the coun…” (source page)
• Hillards Charitable Trust — “Gay and Peter Hartley’s Hillards Charitable Trust has donated £1000 to equip the voluntary service Blood Bike before it is launched into ser…” (source page)
• Halifax Financial Planners — “The new Dacia car has been jointly purchased by Halifax Financial Planners, Investing For Tomorrow.” (source page)
• Investing For Tomorrow — “The new Dacia car has been jointly purchased by Halifax Financial Planners, Investing For Tomorrow.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Fosterchair
• Andrew Richardson
• Ann Pullin
• Matthew Beynon-Tullet
• Matthew Butterfield
• Matthew Tice
• Michael Harrison
• Stuart Stirrat · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · City Of York · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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