BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA

Registered charity 1159026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA & S.W.SCOTLAND, BLOOD BIKES CUMBRIA& S.W.SCOTLAND

Provides daily out of hours and weekend voluntary free courier service to NHS in north and west Cumbria for collection and delivery of blood ,tissue samples, files and instruments between sites and daily delivery of blood to Great North Air Ambulance at Langwathby. We also have standby cover for emergency urgent courier runs including relay through Cumbria for long distances transfers.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS:TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES, BREAST MILK AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION BANKS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN CUMBRIA (LAKE DISTRICT)AND S.W. SCOTLAND. TO ALSO HELP THE NHS TO SAVE MONEY WHICH COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON PATIENT CARE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 May 2025 have been subjected to an independent examination by Joanne Thomlinson. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention suggesting the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts did not comply with applicable regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graeme Thompsonchair
• Alan Dunne
• Charles James Payne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chris Wild
• DENZIL VERNON ADDISON
• David Robson Wilson
• Ian Walby
• James Ernest White
• Mark Anthony Clamp
• Ruth Louise Hetherington

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHUMBRIA BLOOD BIKES.

• NORTHUMBRIA BLOOD BIKES income £133k
• SOUTH WEST BLOOD BIKES income £121k
• BLOOD BIKES WALES income £310k
• FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY BLOOD BIKE SERVICE income £92k
• CUMBRIA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £174k
• MEALS ON WHEELS CUMBRIA income £312k

Side by side with its peers

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