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Blood Bikes Cumbria

Blood Bikes Cumbria & S.w.scotland, Blood Bikes Cumbria& S.w.scotland

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1159026
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 30, 2014
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Unit 8A
Port Road Business Park
CARLISLE
CA2 7AF

Activities

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.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Cumbria

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
May 31, 2025 £241,555 £356,598
May 31, 2024 £162,976 £97,481
May 31, 2023 £93,106 £86,957
May 31, 2022 £93,203 £85,563
May 31, 2021 £108,061 £98,925

Trustees

Name Appointed
Graeme Thompson (Chair) Feb. 1, 2020
Alan Dunne Nov. 16, 2025
Charles James Payne Dec. 1, 2023
Chris Wild Nov. 16, 2025
Christine Slater Dec. 7, 2021
Denzil Vernon Addison April 5, 2022
David Robson Wilson Nov. 16, 2025
Ian Walby Sept. 15, 2020
James Ernest White July 11, 2023
Mark Anthony Clamp Nov. 16, 2025
Ruth Louise Hetherington Sept. 7, 2020