# SOUTH WEST BLOOD BIKES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1180510
- **Other names:** DEVON BLOOD BIKES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 1, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1180510


## Contact

- **Address:** Kingdom Business Centre, Kingdom House, Brunel Road, NEWTON ABBOT, Devon
- **Postcode:** TQ12 4PB
- **Phone:** 0300 365 2025
- **Email:** SUPPORT@SWBB.CHARITY
- **Website:** HTTPS://WWW.SWBB.CHARITY



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOOD, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES, AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION BANKS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON.

**Activities:** Blood bikers are volunteers who use their advanced motorcycle skills in providing an out of hours service, supporting our NHS partners to transport essential urgent supplies such as Whole Blood, Pathology Samples, Medication, Medical Equipment, Medical Notes and occasionally Donor Breast Milk to the NHS hospitals and hospices throughout Devon and beyond.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon
- Plymouth City
- Torbay



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 30, 2025 | £121191 | £98576 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2024 | £160908 | £89219 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2023 | £108181 | £54712 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | £56898 | £42148 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £39198 | £23145 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Stephen John Dower** (Chair) — appointed April 4, 2025
- David Page — appointed April 4, 2025
- Ian Hopkins — appointed Aug. 16, 2022
- Robert Springthorpe — appointed Nov. 10, 2024
- Stefan Miller — appointed May 25, 2025