## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
# **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE PERIOD 9 March 2022 to 31 March 2023**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1198195**
**(Formerly Registered Charity Number 1170040)**
## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
## **Contents of the Financial Statements For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
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|Charity Objectives and Activities|3|
|Achievements and Performance|4 - 6|
|Financial Review|6 - 8|
|Structure, Governance and Management|8|
|Trustee Information and Declarations|9 - 11|
|Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities|12|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|13|
|Statement of Financial Activities|14|
|Balance Sheet|15|
|Cash Flow|16|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|17 - 20|
## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
**Charity Information For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
## **Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1198195 (Formerly Registered Charity Number 1170040)**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes (NABB) objective is to
promote the effectiveness of Blood Bike charities nationally and of
the charitable emergency logistics sector for the benefit of the
public by associating together and representing Blood Bike charities
in a common effort to promote their charitable purposes. To
represent the collective objectives of its member groups in relation
to national organisations and associated issues.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|NABB seeks to provide a coherent strategy and to set operating
standards for member Blood Bike charities. Through NABB, the
member groups collectively agree minimum standards for
membership to help achieve an efficient and effective operation
alongside a high public profile. NABB reimburses member groups for
some of their outlay to achieve these standards and the primary use
of NABB’s income is to fund these reimbursements.
NABB also seeks national level publicity, but significantly also liaises
with national government and other professional bodies to raise
awareness of the Blood Bike charity industry and to ensure that they
understand our operational needs when defining and implementing
policies.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|The Trustees confirm that they are aware of, and act with regard to,
the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.|
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## **Additional information**
|Policy on grant making|The charity does not make grants per se, but may act as a conduit
for funds intended for local groups where the donating organisation
is restricted to dealing with national organisations. One example of
this would be the spontaneous fund-raising activity undertaken by a
group of bikers from ‘Bikers Support’, which raised £10,000 to be
shared amongst the UK NABB member Blood Bike groups during the
pandemic peak. The strong teamwork ethic amongst the NABB
member groups facilitated some of the groups waiving their share of
the donation in order to provide a larger donation to those groups
that had experienced a significantly greater drain on their financial
resources due to the severe impact to the tradition fund raising
activities as the lockdown took hold.|
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|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|The charity does not undertake any social investments or
programme related investment.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|All Blood Bike groups consist entirely of volunteers. This is also true
of NABB itself where the committee, are all unpaid volunteers.|
|Other|NABB has changed its structure to become a Charitable Incorporated
Association (CIO) to take on the activities of the existing
unincorporated charity (charity number 1170040).
The assets of the existing charity (1170040) were merged with and
transferred to the CIO (0198195) on 23rdJanuary 2023. The charity
(1170040) was wound up and removed from the register of charities
on 6 April 2023
The Financial Statements represent the merged performance of the
combined Charity from 9thMarch 2022 to 31 March 2023|
## **Achievements and Performance**
NABB’s overall objectives are:
Summary of the main aid the formation of new Blood Bike groups achievements of the agree a minimum operating standard for all members charity, identifying the raise awareness/sponsorship for the benefit of all NABB difference the charity’s members. work has made to the circumstances of its act as a collective voice on behalf of its members with beneficiaries and any wider regard to national organisations and issues benefits to society as a whole. The service provided by the member groups, primarily using motorcycles, provides a ‘medical essentials’ courier service to NHS hospitals, other NHS health institutions and the majority of the Air Ambulance charities across the country. However, one of the consequences of the recent Covid pandemic has resulted in several of the member groups expanding their normal operating window to 24x7x7, from what was previously provided on an ‘out of hours’
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||basis. The service is still provided free of charge.|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|These objectives are largely strategic in nature and approved in 2020
and carried forward subsequently
**1 Raising the profile of NABB and its member groups:**
a. The social media campaign continues through the use of both a
revised Facebook presence and Twitter;
b. The National Blood Bike Awareness Day took place as in the
previous four years in August and much local level publicity was
obtained. As a direct consequence,
**2 Representing groups nationally:**
a. Meetings continued with senior managers from NHSBT and local
contact details were again shared with member groups to enable
improved liaison away from the centre.
**3. Section 19:**
NABB continues to engage with national regulatory organisations
with regard to the appropriate use of Section 19 exemptions.
**4. Membership Standards:**
During the period the Standards were kept under continual review
and were amended in order to meet the needs of member groups.|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|During 2022-23 the objective to achieve a surplus and to reverse the
deficits in the previous financial years was achieved albeit to a
limited extent.
Fundraising opportunities remained limited due to the ongoing
effects of thepandemic and lockdown.|
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the Set out below are the combined accounts of NABB for the period of
charity’s financial operation until the closure as an unincorporated registered charity and
position at the end of for the CIO from the date of the merger (23 January 2023).
the period
NABB, as an unincorporated body, had become a registered charity as on
4th November 2016 and closed on 23 February 2023.
The accounts of the closing charity (1170040) showed a deficit for the
period of £284 (2022 deficit – £2126) after the writeback of £3500 of
historic provisions. The reserves at the date of closure totalled £19,954
(2022 - £20,238). These reserves were transferred to the new CIO.
The accounts of the merged charity show a combined surplus for the
period from 9 March 2023 to 31 March 2023 of £6,535 (2022 – deficit
£2,126) and the reserves at the accounting date are £26,773 (2022 -
£20,238).
This includes donations received on the last working day of the
accounting period which will be applied to activities in the following year.
PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF FUNDING
Principal sources of funding are derived from corporate donations and
the general public through both annual planned giving schemes together
with sponsorship activities, donations, grants and legacies.
STATEMENT OF DISCLOSURE
In so far as the trustees are aware:
a) there is no relevant audit information of which the charity’s
independent examiners are unaware, and
b) they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as
trustees in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit
information and to establish that the charity’s independent
examiners are aware of that information.
Statement explaining At 31 March the combined reserves totalled £26,773 (2022 - £20,238).
the policy for holding The value held is considered sufficient:
reserves stating why
they are held To support Public Liability insurance coverage for our groups as they
come due at the start of the financial year,
to cover the potential costs of gaining “type approval” for the
modifications needed to be carried out to the various motorcycles
used by local groups to make them fit for purpose and meet their
requirements,
to provide seed money for attending exhibitions to promote Blood
Bikes.
Amount of reserves £26,773
held
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## **Financial Review (Cont.)**
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds
(including any
fundraising)|The sources of funds raised are detailed in the accounts submitted. These
are principally donations from individuals and groups.|
|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including
any social investment
policy adopted|The funds of NABB are not sufficient to warrant an investment policy and
no social investment policy has been adopted.
Funds are banked and surplus day to day cash are deposited with Lloyds
Bank plc.|
|A description of the
principal risks facing
the charity|The principal risk is financial. As the number of Blood Bike groups has
grown (due to the NABB’s success in rolling out the concept to new areas)
the need for ongoing support has grown.
Fundraising is periodic and can vary over time. If the level of fundraising
is not maintained or increased then the support that can be given to
member groups (which account for the vast majority of expenditure) will
need to be reduced.|
|Other: Fundraising
Strategy|The fundraising strategy remains the same as in previous years, focussing
on ’Corporate’ or national opportunities. For example, NABB has been
chosen by several groups and individuals as their chosen charity. In
addition, the AA continue to offer full roadside recovery for around 380
NABB member groups’ vehicles, free of charge. This is the twelfth year in
succession that NABB members have benefitted from this generous
sponsorship.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Type of governing Constitution
document
How is the charity The charity is an incorporated CIO (1198195). The previous charity
constituted? (1170040) was unincorporated and was merged into the CIO on 23 [rd]
January 2023.
Trustee selection methods Trustees are elected at the AGM by the representatives of the
including details of any member groups.
constitutional provisions
No person or body is entitled to appoint a Trustee or individual to
the committee.
Policies and procedures The charity has “Role Descriptions” for the Trustee positions on the
adopted for the induction committee. Developing comprehensive but ‘to-the-point’
and training of trustees policies/procedures for the induction of Trustees is planned.
The charity’s organisational The charity’s Trustees/committee are elected by the member Blood
structure and any wider Bike groups. A number of other individual volunteers work to
network with which the support the committee in its activities.
charity works
The member groups now cover almost all of the U.K. With a group
now formed to cover the NW of Scotland, coverage will be complete
although not all hospital Trusts/Boards are yet serviced within these
areas. A small number of Blood Bike groups are not members of
NABB, largely because they have been unable/unwilling to meet the
membership standards agreed.
Relationship with any There are no related parties.
related parties A number of businesses provide discounts on products to NABB
member groups and/or their individual members but they have no
influence on decision making.
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity
uses|NABB|
|Registered charity number|1198195 (formerly 1170040 to 23 February 2023)|
|Charity’s principal address|20 Shepherds Way
Everton
Lymington
SO41 0DB|
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## **Names of the charity Trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body)
Trustee name Office (if any)
period entitled to appoint trustee
John Stepney Chair (to 27 To 27 November 2022 Election: By NABB Member
1 November Groups
2022)
Michael Clark Chair (from 27 From 27 November 2022 As Above
2 November (to 3 July 2023)
2022)
3 Kamran Irani To 12 December 2022 As Above
4 Geoffrey Brown To 27 November 2022 As Above
5 Graham Moor To 27 November 2022 As Above
6 Harold Nash Treasurer Full Year As Above
7 Ian Piper Secretary Full year (to 8 July 2023) As Above
8 Tyron Robert Stevenson Vice Chair Full Year As Above
9 Tyron Raymond Stevenson From 14 November 2022 As Above
10 Kirsty Lawrence From 27 November 2022 As Above
11 Mark Bentley From 27 November 2022 As Above
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## **Declarations:-**
## **The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees**
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Signature(s) Tyron Stevenson Harold Nash
Full name(s) Tyron Robert Stevenson Harold Christopher Nash
Position Chair Treasurer
Date
24 October 2023
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES Statement of Trustees Responsibilities For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare the financial statements for each financial period that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
## Tyron Stevenson
**Tyron Stevenson Vice -Chair** 24 October, 2023
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31[st] March 2023, which are set out on pages 12 to 17.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act;
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Abigail Clark (Chartered Accountant) Address: 16 Larkfield Gardens, Edinburgh, EH 5 3QA
24 October, 2023
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
|Notes
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Incoming Resources from**
**generated funds:**
_Voluntary income:_
Donations & grants
2(a)
_Activities for generating funds:_
Funds Raised
2(b)
Interest and investment income
2(c)
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Costs of generating funds**
Raising Funds
3(a)
Support Costs
3(b)
Other Resources
3(c)
Recompense to Member Groups
3(d)
Governance costs
3(e)
**NET INCOMING / (OUTGOING)**
**RESOURCES FOR THE PERIOD**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|Total
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
33,138
33,138
18,210
-
-
-
-
16
-
16
4|
|---|---|
||33,154
33,154
18,214|
||805
533
1,245
7,471
7,471
5,201
525
525
(1,785)
14,551
14,551
12,610
3,266
3,266
1,399|
||26,618
26,618
20,340
6,536
6,536
(2,126)|
||6,536
6,536
(2,126)
20,238
20,238
22,364|
||26,773
26,773
20,238|
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
## **Balance Sheet**
## **As at 31 March 2023**
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity
Investment assets
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors and prepayments
Short term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand
**CURRENT LIABILITIES** amounts falling due within one year
4
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
**Restricted funds**
None
**Total funds**
4,7
These financial statements were approved on behalf of the Trustees as at 24 October, 2023
Signed as approved
Tyron Robert Stevenson
Signed as approved
Harold Christopher Nash
The notes 1 - 6 form part of these accounts|2023
2022
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
27,045
23,738|
|---|---|
||27,045
23,738|
||272
3,500|
||26,773
20,238|
||26,773
20,238|
||26,773
20,238|
||26,773
20,238|
||-
-|
||-
-|
|||
||26,773
20,238|
||Vice Chair
Treasurer|
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
## **Statement of Cash Flows For the period Ended 31 March 2023**
||2023 funds|2022 funds|Note|
|---|---|---|---|
||£|£||
|**Table A: Cash flows from operating activities:**||||
|Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities|3,308|(2,626)|(Table B)|
|Cash flows from investing activities:|-|-||
|Dividends, interest and rents from investments|-|-||
|Proceeds from sale of investments|-|-||
|Purchase of investments|-|-||
|Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities|3,308|(2,626)||
|**Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period**||||
|Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period|23,738|26,364|(Table C)|
|Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements|-|-||
|Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period|27,045|23,738|(Table C)|
## **Table B: Reconciliation of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities**
|Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the statement of
financial activities)
Adjustments for:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
**Table C: Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**
Cash in hand
Notice deposits (less than 3 months)
Total cash and cash equivalents|2022 funds
2021 funds
Note
£
£
6,536
(2,126)
-
-
-
-
(3,228)
(500)
3,308
(2,626)
(Table A)
2022 funds
2021 funds
Note
£
£
27,045
23,738
-
-
27,045
23,738
(Table A)|
|---|---|
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
## 1. **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of Accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
Donations receivable under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aided donations is recognised when the donation is recognised.
## **Resources**
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs relating to the category. Where cost cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can only be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particularly restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Cash in hand, awaiting banking and on deposit is presented in the notes to the accounts.
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES**
**Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued) For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
## **2. INCOMING RESOURCES**
|2(a)
Voluntary income
Sundry Donations (incl. Gift
Aided)
Writeback of allocated donations
Legacies
2(b)
Fund Raising Activities
2(c)
Income from investments
Interest and investment income
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**|Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
27,638
-
25,218
17,317
3,500
3,500
-
2,000
-
2,000
893|
|---|---|
||33,138
-
27,218
18,210|
||-
-
-
-|
||-
-
-
-|
||16
-
-
4|
||-
-
-
4|
|||
||33,154
-
27,218
18,214|
Writeback of allocated donations represents amounts previously set aside by the closed charity for donation to Member Groups which are no longer required.
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## **NATIONWIDE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BIKES Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued) For The Period Ended 31 March 2023**
## **3. RESOURCES EXPENDED**
|3(a)
Raising Funds:
Fundraising Costs
3(b)
Support Costs:
Computer and Website Costs
Publicity and exhibitions
Travel & Meeting Expenses
Administration Expenses
3(c)
Other Resources
Subscriptions
Training
3(d)
Recompense to Member Groups
Public Liability Insurance
Hi-Viz Jackets
Trackers
3(e)
Governance Costs
Legal Fees
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**|Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL
Funds
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
805
-
805
1,245|
|---|---|
||805
-
805
1,245|
||1,570
-
1,570
2,741
4,811
-
4,811
2,356
998
-
998
104
92
90
-|
||7,471
-
7,471
5,201|
||525
-
525
1140
-
-
-
282|
||525
-
525
1,422|
||9,226
-
9,226
5,375
5,325
-
4,500
3,437
-
-
-
396|
||14,551
-
14,551
9,868|
||3,266
-
3,266
2,604|
||3,266
-
3,266
2,604|
|||
||26,618
-
26,618
20.340|
## **4. LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Creditors for other goods and services
Amounts payable to member groups
Amounts payable for fundraising expenses|2023
2022
£
£
-
3,500
272
-|
|---|---|
||272
3,500|
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