Greater Manchester Bloodblkes Charfty No. 1201( Company No. CE030679 Trustees. Report and Unaudlted Accounts 31 December 2023 Greater Manthester Bloodblkes Cont¢nts Pages 2to4 Tru5tee5' Annual Report Independent Examiner's Report statement of Financial Artiwties Summary Income and Expenditure Account Balaft￿ Sheèt Notes to the A¢¢ounts 9t013 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 14 Pa8e I Greater Manthester Bloodblkes Trustees Annual Report From January 1st 2023 (Perlod start thte) To 31st D￿rnber 2023 (Period end datel Greater Manchester Bloodbikes The tnjstees. who are also dirertors of the tharity forthe purposes of the Companies Act 21XKS. present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity forthe year ended 31 December 2023. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrATIVE DETAILS Company No. CE030679 Chartty No. IZOIIJJ9 Re81stered Office 18 Broadbent Road Oldh3m OLI 4HU Dlrectors and Trustees The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of tharity law. The following Directors and Trustees seNed during the year. Alice Burton Steve Durden IResigned 22 June 20241 Gerard Goodier Robin Green Russell Harrison Mar8aret McKeown Robert Murphy lan O'Neill Bryan Rushton Andrew Wootton {Resi8ned 31 May 20231 IResigned 30June 20231 Accountants Pennine Acwuntin8 Limited 109A Church Street Littleborough Lancashire OL15 08JEcfivES AND AcfiviTIES The CIO'S objective Is the relief of sickness and the protecbon of health. Greater Manchester Blood Bikes provides and out of hours courier servi￿, staffed by unpaid volunteers. to NHS hospitals and Hospices in the Greater Manchester area transporting blood. donor breast milk, samples and other items used for the medical or the surgical treatment of patients for Doctors. Hospitals. Hospices, Laboratories and Chemists free of charge. There have been no changes on the acti￿￿e5 ofthe ao in the year under rewew. Page O Greater Manchester 8loodblkÈs Trustees Annual Report ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMAN Our flrst objertive as a charity was to ensure the continuty ofsuppty to Greater Manchester Hospitals. Hospices, The North West Air Ambulance and the Milk Bank at Chester when the previous Manchester blood bike tharity closed Its doors on operations at midnight on 31st December 2022. This we achieved in a seamless fashion according to the NWA We managed to Introduce 3 new motorcycles and one new car into the fleet to take the p￿sSure off the old. high milea8e assets which we were grfted by the previous charity- We completed a total of 2568 deliveries. durin8 the period of rewew.many of which were multi items, aSSlStin8 people from the very youngest in our soaety, in the newborn intensive care units with donor breast mllk. to the oldest in our hospice5 and at home wÉth medication. We finish the reporting pefiod with a reasonable cohcrt of volunteers, in a better positlon In terms of fleet and with a strong financial perf0mlan￿. FINANCIAL REVIEW It has been agreed by the Twstee group, in the light of our experience as volLFnteers in the prewou5 Manchestèr Blood Bike charity. that best practice for our charity would be to achieve the position where we could raise enough money to keep a reserve for-rainy days- to cover fuel, insurance and servicing and maSntenance. £15.C(¥) as agreed by the Trustee Broup. This 15 to covertOU8hertÉmes and would be used for operational costs such as fi4el and insuran Govemance rlsk The trustee body lacks relevant skills-Active recruitment of Trustees with the skllls to fill the gap. Operatlonal dsk Recruitment of volunteers-ActNe recruitment put into place. rinandal risks Inadequate reserves and cash flow-trustees have set up"rainy daf reserve. Dependency on limited income sourtes- A drive is unden¥ay to extend the number of in¢￿￿e streams for the charity. The charity trustees havè 8Nen consideration to the major risk5 to which the charity is exposed and satisfied themselves that the sy5tem5 and Procedu￿ are established in orderto manage those risks. Page I Greater Manthester Bl¢)odbikes TrL￿ee5 Annual Report srRucfuRE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEKr Constltutlon The Charivs Constitution is as a tharitrble Incorporated Or8ani5ation ICIOI Trustee selettion is carried out by an advert forTrustees where they are required. followed by interyiew process with at least two existing trltstees. Successfvl candidates are then proposed and seconded by a trustee and voted on by all of the trustee group. If an individual 15 identified as bringin8 a speoffic skill set in an a￿a that the trustee board is weak in then this individual can be proposed.seconded and elerted after an interview with the group. The Trustees are responsSble for keeplng proper accounti￿ records that dlsclose wtth reasonable accuracy at any time the financial p0S￿on of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial ststements comply with the Companiès Att 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection d fraud and other irregularities. The above report has been prepared in accordan￿ with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies reglme as set out in Part IS of the Companies Act 2l￿ and in accordance with the Charities SORP IFRS 1021. Signed on behalf of the board lan O'Neill Trustee 21 October 2024 Page 2 Greater Manch¢st¢r Bloodbikes Independent Examinets Report Independent Examlnerfs Report to the trustees ofGr* Manthester Bloodblkes l Teport to the charity trustees on my examination of the finandal ststements of Greater Manchester Bloodbikes for the year ended 31 December 2023. Responslbllltles and basls of report A5 the ¢harity'S trustees of the company land also its directors for the PUTP05es of company lawl you are responsible forthe preparation of the financial 5taterner￿ in acc1)rdan￿ wlth the requ1￿Ments of the Companles Act 20061.the 2￿6 ACL Havsn8 5at15fied myself that thè financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 21JA Art and are eligible for independent examination, I report ifi respect of my examination of your charity's financial statements a5 carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 20111'the 2011 Art'l. In carrying out my eyamination I have followed the Direclions wen bythe Charity Commission under section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Act. Independent •xamlnèes statement I have completed my examination. I can confim) that no material matters have come to my attention in ¢onnection with the examination giving me cause to believe.. accountin8 record5 were not kept in accordan￿ with sertion 386 of the 2(￿ Act: or . the financial ststements do not accord with those records: or • the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2CX]6 Art otherthan any reqLiirernent thatthe financial statements 8ive a'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination- or • the financial statèmènts have not been preparÈd in accordance wfth the methods and prlnciples of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to ¢harities preparing their accounts in accordance with the financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republi¢ of I￿land IFRS 1021. I have no concerns and have come acr055 no other matter5 in wnnection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in thi5 report irt orderto enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. lan Cunningham FMAAAT PeAnine Accountin8 knmited 109A Church Street ttleborough Lancashlre OL15 8AA 21 Ortober 2024 Page 3 Gr•ater Man¢hèrter Bloodblke5 Statèment of Hnandal Aclivltle5 forthe year ended 31 December 2023 lynds Total funds 2023 2023 Income and endowments from: Donation5 and le8acies Charitable activities 128,872 3.510 128,872 3,510 Total 132.382 132.382 Expenditure on: Charitsble artivities Other 37,754 7.830 37,754 7.830 Totsl 45,584 45,584 Net gains on investments Net Income 86.798 86.798 Transfers between funds Net Income before othet gainsl{lossèsl Other 8alns and losses Net movement In funds 86,798 86,798 Reconciliation of funds: Totsl funds ￿rrIed forward 86.798 86.798 Page 6 Gre*er Manthester Bloodblkes Summary Income and Expendi￿re Ac(ount for the year ended 31 Decembv 2023 2023 Income 132.382 Gr0$5 Income for the year 132,382 Expenditure 33.310 Depreciation and charges for impairment of f￿ed assets 12,274 Totsl expendFture forthe Vear Net Income before tax for the year 45,584 86,798 Net Income forthe year 86.798 Pa8e 7 Greater Manchèster BloodbSkes Balance Sheet at 31 December 2023 Company No. CE030679 2023 Flxed assets Tangible assets 36,821 36A21 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and In hand io 22,627 28.189 50.816 18391 49,977 86.798 Crethtors: Amount falling dLre wrthin one year Net current assets li Total assets less ¢urrent liabllitle5 Net assets exclLMlln8 pen51on asset or Ilablllty 86.798 Total net assets 86,798 The funds of the tharlty Restrtcted fUl￿S Unre5trlrted fund5 General funds 12 12 86,798 86.798 12 Totsl funds 86,798 These accounts have been prepared in accordan￿ with the Special pThisions of Part IS of the Companles Act 2006 relating to small companies. For the year ended 31 December 2023 the company wa5 entitted to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2c￿6 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtsin an audit in a¢Cr)rdan￿ with sertion 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The d1￿CtorS ackn04￿*d8e th•ir respo•sibilrti•s for ￿MplYin8 Wrth the r¢quSrements of the Companle5 Act 2ChJ6 wlth respect to accountlng re￿dS and the p￿paration of a¢¢ounts. Approved by the board on 21 October 2024 And slgned on i behalf by.. lan O'Neill Trustee 21 October 2024 Page 8 Greater Man¢he5tff Bloodbikes Notes to the A¢tourtts forthe year ended 31 December 2023 l AccountSng pollcles Ba515 of preparatSon The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applitsble in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (effective I January 20151- (Charities SORP IFRS 10211. the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2(MJ6. Change In basls of actountin8 orto we¥lov5 accounts There ha5 been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accountin81 since last year and no changes have been madeto accounts for prewous years. Fund accounttng Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the disuetion of the trustees in furtherance of the 8eneral objects of the charity. These arè unrestricted funds earmarked by the tn￿tee5 for particular purposes. These are unrestricted funds which indude a revaluation reserye representing the restatement of investment assets at their market valves. These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed bythe donor or through terms of an appeal. Desi8nated funds Revaluation fvnds Restricted funds Income Recognition of In¢ome Income is included in the Statement of Financial ActiWlle$15oFAI when the charity becomes entitled to. and virtualty certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income ¢an be measured with suffiaent reliabillty. Income with related Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is expendiiure repone(J gr053 In the &)F Donations and legades Voluntary income recelved by way of grants, donations and gifts is included In the the SOFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditlonal entl￿ement to the income. Tax ￿claimS on Income from tax reclaims Fs included in the SOFA atthe same time as the donations and gifts giftldonation to whith rt relates. Donate