DERBYSHIRE BLOOD BIKES

Registered charity 1143149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIDERS ASSISTING THE MEDICAL SERVICES (RAMS)

Urgent Medical Courier service to the NHS for the transportation blood and blood products, diagnostic samples, medication, equipment and donated human milk

Objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAVING LIVES, PRIMARILY IN DERBYSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, BY PROVIDING A VOLUNTEER MEDICAL COURIER SERVICE, ANCILLIARY TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, FOR THE TRANSFER OF BLOOD AND BLOODPRODUCTS, DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLES, MEDICATION AND OTHER MEDICAL RESOURCES BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES, AND PATIENTS IN NEED AT HOME OR IN CARE SETTINGS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £163,300 against revenue expenditure of £95,976, resulting in a surplus. However, the trustees note that persistently high fuel costs and a sluggish economy make fundraising challenging, which may impact the breadth of services offered in the future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mike Grimmettchair
• ANDREW STATHAM
• Darren Skidmore
• David Harvey
• GRAHAM WORLEY
• Leigh Davies
• MARK VALLIS
• NADINE WALDRON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penny Van Berkel
• Susan Joyce Vallis

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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