WARWICKSHIRE AND SOLIHULL BLOOD BIKES

Registered charity 1156751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARWICKSHIRE BLOOD BIKES, WARWICKSHIRE FREEWHEELERS

We operate a 24hr 365 days a year collection and delivery service to support the medical requirements of our local hospitals. We transport items such as blood, samples, drugs, breast milk, medical equipment and key documents to support hospitals and patients and to relieve the costs of transport to the NHS. We also facilitate the daily delivery and collection of blood to our local air ambulance.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUE AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION BANKS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WARWICKSHIRE AND SOLIHULL AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Warwickshire & Solihull Blood Bikes (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chrissie Smithchair
• Jo Height
• Jonathan David Phillip Smith
• Oliver Wright
• Simon Quantrell
• Timothy Carey

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Solihull · Warwickshire

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Government & lottery funding

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