## Trustee’s Annual Report and Financial Statements September 2023 – March 2024 Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Blood Bike Service Charity No: 1204920 Founding Member **SECTION A. TRUSTEE’S REPORT DEFINITION** The following sections A to E represent the Trustees Annual Report reviewing the period 26 September 2023 to 31 March 2024. ## **SECTION B. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS** **Charity Name** Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Blood Bike Service **Registered Charity Number** 1204920 **Charity Principal Address** Unit 10, The 306 Estate, 242-244 Broomhill Rd, Bristol, BS5 4RG ## **Patron** Alex Lovell ITV Local News TV presenter ## **Trustees** |**Name**||**Dates Acted**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint Trustee**| |---|---|---|---| |Barry Baines|Chair|Sep 23 to Oct 23|Membership| |John Thompson|Chair|Oct 23 to present|Membership| |James Watts||Sep 23 to present|Membership| |Joe Tooker||Sep 23 to present|Membership| |Geoff Naldrett||Sep 23 to present|Membership| ## **SECTION C. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **The Charity's areas of operation and UK charitable registration** The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) with charity number 1204920. The Charity does not operate in any overseas jurisdictions. The Trustees present their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2024. ## **Legal structure of the Charity** Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Blood Bike Service, referred to as the 'Charity', is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The governing document of the Charity is the written Constitution as approved by the Membership and endorsed by the CCEW. Under the Constitution, the Charity is governed by the elected Trustees, supported by a co-opted Executive Committee. Any changes to the Constitution require approval by the Membership at a General Meeting of the Charity. The Charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 26 September 2023 and became operational from the 1 April 2024 following the transfer of net assets from the Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service (Weston) (charity number: 1001067) by a transfer deed signed 1 April 2024. The Charity is funded from public donations and charitable grants. There are no restrictions governing the operation of the Charity. **2** Trustee’s Annual Report & Financial Statements 2023-24 _(Reg: 1204920)_ **SECTION D. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** The purpose of the Charity is set out in the Constitution: _“To relieve sickness and protect health by the provision of transport for urgently needed, drugs, human tissues and other medical requirements between hospitals, blood transfusion banks and other medical facilities.”_ ## **The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes during the period** The Charity was dormant during the period. ## **SECTION E. FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## _**Responsibilities of Trustees**_ The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the Financial Statements in accordance with the terms of the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Notwithstanding the explicit requirement in the extant statutory regulations, the Charities (Reports) Regulations 2008, to prepare the Financial Statements in accordance with the SORP 2005, in view of the fact that the SORP 2005 has been withdrawn, the Trustees determined to interpret this responsibility as requiring them to follow current best practice and prepare the Financial Statements according to the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2015, (as amended by the Bulletin issued in October 2018 and applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP). In particular, charity law requires the Trustees, if they prepare accounts on an accruals basis, to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the Charity. In preparing those Financial Statements the Trustees are required to: - to prepare the Financial Statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in business; - state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements; The law requires that the Trustees must not approve the Financial Statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the surplus or deficit of the Charity for the year. The Trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the Charity’s transactions and enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements comply with regulations made under 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. The Trustees are also responsible for the contents of the Trustees’ Report. The gross income for the Charity was below the threshold for an independent examination of the accounts. **3** Trustee’s Annual Report & Financial Statements 2023-24 _(Reg: 1204920)_ ## **Statement of Financial Activities** **For the period ended 31st March 2024** |**For the period ended 31st March 2024**
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