SERVICE BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE VOLUNTEERS SERV (KENT)

Registered charity 1195148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the charity is the relief of sickness and protection of health through the provision of a courier service to transport blood, samples and other items used for the medical and surgical treatment of patients, for doctors, hospitals and laboratories and to co-operate with the emergency services

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE URGENT TRANSPORTATION OF ITEMS OF A MEDICAL NATURE INCLUDING BLOOD, PLATELETS, SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS, DRUGS, PATIENT NOTES, SMALL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, DONOR BREAST MILK AND OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR DOCTORS, HOSPITALS AND LABORATORIES AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.

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 state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,430 for the year ended 30 September 2025, bringing total unrestricted and designated reserves to £85,832. The trustees note that while the financial climate remains tough with rising fuel and energy costs, the charity has maintained its 24/7 service and is exploring future funding and vehicle replacements. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain a designated headquarters fund of £40,000 to secure future premises.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Arthur Ernest Richard Goddenchair
• Angela Green
• Christopher Taylor
• DAVID ANDREW GEOFFREY RATCLIFFE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gary Edward Sheppard
• Gary Wareham
• Janet Stewart
• MELVIN JOHNSON
• Salmon Johannes Pieterse
• Trevor Dennis Sayer

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.