LINCOLNSHIRE EMERGENCY BLOOD BIKES SERVICE
To relieve sickness and protect health by the provision of a free transportation system to deliver urgently needed blood, drugs and other medical requirements between NHS hospitals and blood transfusion banks primarily but not exclusively in Lincolnshire.
Objects
1)THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS: "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 LINCOLNSHIRE."
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity has total unrestricted reserves of £172,459, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months' expenditure. The charity operates with no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers, resulting in very low overheads. The financial review notes that prudent management has enabled the retention of these reserves, held as cash at bank.
What the accounts disclose
“Our Financial Policy specifies that we will retain a minimum cash balance of the previous financial year's expenditure, plus 5%. Against this, we will also ensure that the balance does not fall below £50,000”
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (03/06/2026)
- Received assets from another charity (05/11/2025)
Trustees
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £138k | £74k |
| 31/03/2024 | £50k | £56k |
| 31/03/2023 | £44k | £48k |
| 31/03/2022 | £38k | £44k |
| 31/03/2021 | £57k | £39k |
Common questions
Is LINCOLNSHIRE EMERGENCY BLOOD BIKES SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has total unrestricted reserves of £172,459, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months' expenditure. The charity operates with no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers, resulting in very low overheads. The financial review notes that prudent management has enabled the retention of these reserves, held as cash at bank. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/06/2024 | £20k | Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service |
| UK government | 02/10/2020 | £10k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/07/2015 | £10k | Expansion of the Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bike Service |