LINCOLNSHIRE EMERGENCY BLOOD BIKES SERVICE

Registered charity 1148402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEBBS

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."

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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Latest income
£138k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum cash balance of the previous financial year's expenditure, plus 5%, and not below £50,000 (held: £172k)
“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”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service (LEBBS) (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2024£20kLincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service
UK government02/10/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2015£10kExpansion of the Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bike Service