NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES

Registered charity 1198195 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NABB

To act as a representative body for blood bike groups whose aim is to assist the promotion of public health through voluntary support of hospital services.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BLOOD BIKE GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:I) SUPPORTING THE BLOOD BIKE GROUPS IN PROVIDING A PROFESSIONAL, RAPID RESPONSE, MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE TO THE NHS;II) PROMOTING THE ACTIVITIES OF BLOOD BIKE GROUPS TO THE NHS AND THE PUBLIC;III) PURSUING PARITY WITH OTHER FRONT LINE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION;IV) PROMOTING THE ADHERENCE BY BLOOD BIKE GROUPS TO STANDARDS SET BY HEALTH AND TRANSPORT REGULATORY BODIES AND RELEVANT LEGISLATION.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE OBJECT, A ?BLOOD BIKE GROUP? MEANS A CHARITY WHICH ADVANCES HEALTH BY PROVIDING A ?FREE AT POINT OF USE? COURIER SERVICE TO OR FROM NHS (OR EQUIVALENT) ESTABLISHMENTS FOR PRODUCTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO PATIENT WELFARE.

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 achieved a surplus of £31,775 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £86,609. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover insurance, vehicle modifications, and promotional activities, noting that the principal risk is financial due to the periodic nature of fundraising.

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 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Chalmerschair
• Alexander Gourlay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Johnathan Wootton
• Melanie Rowbottom · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tyron Raymond Stevenson
• james edmund pearson-jenkins

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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