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|Report ofthe Trustees||||
|Independent<br>Examiner's<br>Report||||
|Statement ofFinancial Activities||||
|Statement ofFinancial Position||||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|4|to|9|
|Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities|10|to|11|





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|Objectiv|es and|Ac|tiv|iti|es|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||SORP reference|||||
|Summary|ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|The object ofthis charity<br>isto advance||health||
|the charity|as set out|in|its|||and save|lives, primarily<br>in Northumbria,|by||
|governing|document|||||providing|a volunteer<br>courier service ancillary|||
|||||||to transport<br>provided<br>by the statutory||||
|||||||authorities<br>for the transfer of blood, blood||||
|||||||products|and other medical resources|between||
|||||||hospitals|and<br>medica I facilities|||
|Summary<br>of the main<br>activities<br>in relation to those|||||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|Outside<br>normal office hours, hospitals<br>rely <br>taxis or couriers to transfer<br>urgent<br>medical|||on|
|purposes|for the public|||||supplies|or patient test samples<br>between|||
|benefit,<br>in|particular,|the||||hospitals|and other sites. Northumbria|Blood||
|activities,|projects or|||||bikes carries out this service free ofcharge,||||
|services identified<br>in||the||||ensuring|the limited<br>resources ofthe NHS||can|
|accounts.||||||be used|where<br>it makes a difference.|||
|Statement|confirming||||Para 1.18|Trustees|ensure<br>all activities contribute|to||
|whether<br>the trustees||have||||assisting|the NHS in our area thus provide||a|
|had regard to the guidance||||||public benefit||||
|issued<br>by|the Charity|||||||||
|Commission<br>on public||||||||||
|benefit||||||||||
|Additional|information||(optional)|||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include||||further statements||where relevant<br>about:||||
||||||SORP reference|||||
|||||||We organise<br>fundraising<br>and awareness||events||
||||||Para 1.38|and solicit donation,<br>sponsorship,<br>and||grants||
|Policy on|grant making|||||from our local community||||
||||||Para 'l.38|||||
|Policy on|social investment|||||||||
|including|program<br>related|||||||||
|investment||||||||||
||||||Para 1.38|||||
|Contribution<br>made by||||||||||
|volunteers||||||||||





||In order to provide the service||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other|||||
||We recruit, train, and motivate|volunteers||to|
||work with us.||||
||We run a fleet of7cars and 13|bikes|||
||We do our own publicity<br>Newsletters,||Radio &.||
||TV interviews,<br>banners,<br>posters,|promotional|||
||items, talks &presentations||||
||We negotiate<br>with Health Trusts,<br>NEAS, NHSBT||||
||& GNAAS||||
||We record statistics,<br>Legal administration,||||
||evidence-backed<br>with receipts,|activity|logs||
||and recordings||||



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|Achievements<br>and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|||During this period, we have completed<br>14,150,|
|||separate jobs for the NHS trusts<br>in our area|
|||and the Great North<br>Air Ambulance<br>Service|
|Summary<br>of the main<br>achievements<br>of the charity,|Para 1.20|(GNAAS).|
|identifying<br>the difference the||We are confident that this has saved the NHS|
|charity's<br>work has made to<br>the circumstances<br>of its<br>beneficiaries<br>and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.||hundreds<br>ofthousands<br>of pounds<br>in<br>taxi/private<br>courier fares and has improved<br>the<br>healthcare<br>(or helped save the lives) of people<br>in the North<br>East of England|



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||||During|this period, we have|continued<br>to|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||support|the NHS during the|COVID outbreak,|
|Achievements|against|Para 1.41|this included|||
|objectives set|||~|providing<br>additional|drivers to deliver|
|||||products<br>directly to|patient's<br>homes|
|||||during the day (which was outside our||
|||||normal operational|time)|





||||~|providing|additional|additional|additional|service for a|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||guaranteed,||during||our operational|
|||||hours, transport|||of|COVID samples|
|||||between|one|of|the|trusts we cover|
|||||hospitals.|||||
|Performance|of fundraising||||||||
|activities against objectives||Para 1.41|||||||
|set|||||||||
|Investment|performance|Para 1.41|||||||
|against objectives|||||||||
|Other|||||||||





|Financial<br>Review|Financial<br>Review||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity's||||Para 1.21|||||||
|financial<br>position at|the|end|||||||||
|of the<br>eriod|||||||||||
|Statement<br>explaining|the|||Para 1.22|We aim to hold in reserve:||||||
|policy for holding<br>reserves|||||Sufficient funds to cover six months||operating||||
|stating<br>why they are|held||||costs to allow an orderly close|ofthe|charity|||if|
||||||required.||||||
||||||Sufficient funds to cover replacement|||of any|||
||||||vehicle unexpectedly<br>rendered|unusable|||or||
||||||uneconomic<br>to repair||||||
|Amount<br>of reserves|held|||Para 1.22|||||||
|Reasons for holding|zero|||Para 1.22|||||||
|reserves|||||||||||
|Details of fund materially|||in|Para 1.24|||||||
|deficit|||||||||||
|Explanation<br>of any||||Para 1.23|||||||
|uncertainties<br>about the|||||||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going|||||||||||
|concern|||||||||||
|Additional<br>information||(optional)|||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include|||further statements||where<br>relevant about:||||||
||||||We have two principal<br>sources|ofincome.|||The||
||||||first source is large donations<br>(usually|||tied to|||
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including||||Para 1.47|the purchase ofcapital items like vehicles or<br>equipment)<br>which comes from grant-making||||||
|any fundraising)|||||trusts, corporations,<br>or staff societies.||||||
||||||The second<br>is a smaller steady|flow of||direct|||
||||||donations to the charity orto charity||||||
||||||representatives<br>at publicity events which||||come||
||||||from individuals.||||||
||||||The vast majority ofour expenditure||supports||||
||||||the charity objectives as it covers maintenance||||||
|Investment<br>policy and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any<br>social investment<br>policy<br>adopted||||Para 1.46|and running<br>costs for our vehicle fleet and the<br>ITsystems<br>which support<br>our operations.<br>Typically,<br>less than 15%ofour expenditure<br>goes on non-operational<br>items.||||||
|A description<br>of the|principal|||Para 1.46|||||||
|risks facing the charity|||||||||||
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|Description<br>of charity's||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||||||||||
|Type of governing<br>document||Para 1.25|Constitution|||||||||
|trust deed, ro al charter||||||||||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|Charitable||Incorporated||Organisation|||||
|constituted?||||||||||||
|(e.g unincorporated||||||||||||
|association,<br>CIO||||||||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Elected by||membership||/ appointed||||by|
|including<br>details of any|||committee|||||||||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.|||||||||||
|election to post or name|of|||||||||||
|any person or body entitled||||||||||||
|to appoint one or more||||||||||||
|trustees||||||||||||
|Additional<br>information|(optional)|||||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant<br>about:|||||||||
||||We follow||the membership||||standards||ofthe|
||||Nationwide||Association||of Blood Bikes|||||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction||Para 1.51||||||||||
|and training<br>of trustees||||||||||||
||||We are a member ofthe|||||Nationwide||||
||||Association||of Blood Bikes|||||||
|The charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider||Para 1.51||||||||||
|network<br>with which the||||||||||||
|charity works||||||||||||
||||We, when||required<br>work|||alongside||any other||
||||member<br>group/s to facilitate long-distance|||||||||
|Relationship<br>with any||Para 1.51|transport|of packages||by||relays||||
|related parties||||||||||||
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|Chari|name|||Northumbria|Blood Bikes|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the chari|||uses|NBB||
|Re istered chari||number||1166689||
|Charity's|principal|address||Northumbria|House|
|||||Abbey Road||
|||||Pity Me||
|||||Durham||
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|Name and objects of the||
|charity on whose behalf|the|
|assets are held and how|this|
|falls within the custodian||
|charity's objects||
|Details of arrangements|for|
|safe custody and||
|segregation<br>of such assets||
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|adviser|||||
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|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||fund|funds|funds|funds|
||||Notes|||||
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||112,176|9,900|122,076|152,498|
|Other trading<br>activities||||1,413||1,413|11,410|
|Investment<br>income||||135||135|704|
|Total||||113,724|9,900|123,624|164,612|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||||||
|Raising funds||||2,913||2,913|18,685|
|Charitable<br>activities||||||||
|Vehicle running<br>costs||||92,701||92,701|114,774|
|Other support costs||||10,960|34,858|45,818|29,366|
|Total||||106,574|34,858|141,432|162,825|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||||7,150|(24,958)|(17,808)|1,787|
|RECONCILIATION|OF FUNDS|||||||
|Total funds brought|forvvard|||322,547|55,461|378,008|376,221|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||||329,697|30,503|360,200|378,008|





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|||||2021|2020|
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||fund|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|||||
|FIXEDASSETS||||||
|Tangible assets||112,089|7, 147|119,236|144,267|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Debtors||6,606|13,456|20,062|75,446|
|Cash at bank||218,123|9,900|228,023|169,740|
|||224,729|23,356|248,085|245,186|
|CREDITORS||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year||(7,121)||(7,121)|(11,445)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||217,608|23,356|240,964|233,741|
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT||||||
|LIABILITIES||329,697|30,503|360,200|378,008|
|NET ASSETS||329,697|30,503|360,200|378,008|
|FUNDS|10|||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||329,697|322,547|
|Restricted funds||||30,503|55,461|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||360,200|378,008|





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|DONATIONS|AND LEGACIES|||
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|||2021|2020|
|Donations &Grants||121,160|150,122|
|Legacies||916|2,376|
|||122,076|152,498|





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|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||fund|funds|funds|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM|||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||100,530|51,968|152,498|
|Other trading activities||11,410||11,410|
|Investment<br>income||704||704|
|Total||112,644|51,968|164,612|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||
|Raising funds||18,685||18,685|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||
|Vehicle running<br>costs||114,774||114,774|
|Other support costs||26,044|3,322|29,366|
|Total||159,503|3,322|162,825|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||(46,859)|48,646|1,787|
|RECONCILIATION|OF FUNDS||||
|Total funds brought|forward|369,406|6,815|376,221|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||322,547|55,461|378,008|





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|TANGIBL|E FIXEDASSETS|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Plant and|Motor|Computer||
|||machinery|vehicles|equipment|Totals|
|COST||||||
|At 1 July 2020|||272,889|11,194|284,083|
|Additions||4,832|12,147|575|17,554|
|Disposals|||(41,584)||(41,584)|
|At 30June|2021|4,832|243,452|11,769|260,053|
|DEPRECIATION||||||
|At 1 July 2020|||139,013|803|139,816|
|Charge for|year|494|34,213|2,755|37,462|
|Eliminated|on disposal||(36,461)||(36,461)|
|At 30June|2021|494|136,765|3,558|140,817|
|NET BOOK VALUE||||||
|At 30June|2021|4,338|106,687|8,211|119,236|
|At 30June|2020||133,876|10,391|144,267|
|DEBTORS:AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||||||
|||||2021|2020|
|VM equipment||||6,370|6,370|
|VAT||||5,942|57,942|
|Prepayments||||7,750|11,134|
|||||20,062|75,446|
|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||||||
|||||2021|2020|
|Trade creditors||||1,181|1,365|
|Other creditors||||5,940|10,080|
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|MOVEMENT|IN FUNDS||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Net||
||||movement|At|
|||At 1.7.20|in funds|30.6.21|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General<br>fund||322,547|7,150|329,697|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||
|VM equipment|deposits|6,370||6,370|
|Bike Fund||28,427|(28,427)||
|Radio System|Fund|20,664|(6,431)|14,233|
|Airvest Fund|||9,900|9,900|
|||55,461|(24,958)|30,503|
|TOTAL FUNDS||378,008|(17,808)|360,200|



|Net movement|in funds, included|in the above are as follows:||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
||||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted|funds|||||
|General<br>fund|||113,724|(106,574)|7,150|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||
|Bike Fund||||(28,427)|(28,427)|
|Radio System|Fund|||(6,431)|(6,431)|
|Airvest Fund|||9,900||9,900|
||||9,900|(34,858)|(24,958)|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||123,624|(141,432)|(17,808)|



||||Net||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||movement|At|
|||At 1.7.19|in funds|30.6.20|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General fund||369,406|(46,859)|322,547|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||
|VM equipment|deposits|6,815|(445)|6,370|
|Bike Fund|||28,427|28,427|
|Radio System|Fund||20,664|20,664|
|||6,815|48,646|55,461|
|TOTAL FUNDS||376,221|1,787|378,008|





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|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General fund||112,644|(159,503)|(46,859)|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||
|VM equipment|deposits||(445)|(445)|
|Bike Fund||28,427||28,427|
|Radio System|Fund|23,541|(2,877)|20,664|
|||51,968|(3,322)|48,646|
|TOTAL FUNDS||164,612|(162,825)|1,787|



||||Net||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||movement|At|
|||At 1.7.19|in funds|30.6.21|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General<br>fund||369,406|(39,709)|329,697|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||
|VM equipment|deposits|6,815|(445)|6,370|
|Radio System|Fund||14,233|14,233|
|Airvest Fund|||9,900|9,900|
|||6,815|23,688|30,503|
|TOTAL FUNDS||376,221|(16,021)|360,200|



|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General<br>fund||226,368|(266,077)|(39,709)|
|Restricted<br>funds|||||
|VM equipment|deposits||(445)|(445)|
|Bike Fund||28,427|(28,427)||
|Radio System|Fund|23,541|(9,308)|14,233|
|Airvest Fund||9,900||9,900|
|||61,868|(38,180)|23,688|
|TOTAL FUNDS||288,236|(304,257)|(16,021)|





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||||FOR THE YEAR ENDED|30JUNE 2021||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2021|2020|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||||
|Donations 4, Grants||||121,160|150,122|
|Legacies||||916|2,376|
|||||122,076|152,498|
|Other trading<br>activities||||||
|Fundraising<br>events||||1,413|11,410|
|Investment<br>income||||||
|Interest received||||135|704|
|Total incoming<br>resources||||123,624|164,612|
|EXPENDITURE||||||
|Raising donations|and|legacies||||
|Advertising||||2,913|3,380|
|Fundraising<br>events|||||15,305|
|||||2,913|18,685|
|Charitable<br>activities||||||
|Fuel and servicing||||39,142|62,627|
|Licences and insurance||||17,723|15,379|
|Telephone<br>and tracker||||4,434|8,108|
|Uniform<br>and protective||clothing||5,718|3,780|
|Depreciation ofmotor vehicles||||34,213|41,014|
|(Profit)/loss<br>on sale|ofmotor||vehicles|1,623|(4,246)|
|||||102,853|126,662|
|Support costs||||||
|Finance||||||
|Bank charges|||||396|
|Merchant<br>charges||||1,522|5,905|
|||||1,522|6,301|
|Other||||||
|General office and|meeting||costs|4,904|5,265|
|Insurance||||97|845|
|Accountancy||||1,000||
|Postage and stationery||||3,033|3,014|
|VAT difference<br>write off||||15,612||
|Legal Fees||||5,000||
|Carried forward||||29,646|9, 124|





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|||FOR THE YEAR ENDED|30JUNE 2021||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2021|2020|
|Other|||||
|Brought forward|||29,646|9,124|
|Plant and machinery|||494||
|Depreciation|ofcomputer|equipment|2,754|803|
||||32,894|9,927|
|Governance|costs||||
|Independent|Examination|Fee|1,250|1,250|
|Total resources|expended||141,432|162,825|
|Net (expenditure)/income|||(17,808)|1,787|