Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

FREEWHEELERS EMERGENCY VOLUNTARY SERVICE (YEOVIL)

Transport of urgently needed blood, drugs, breast milk, human tissues and other medical requirements originating from hospitals, other health care facilities and patients' homes throughout the Southwest of Engand

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
01/01/70		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/23		£91	£90	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£90	£96	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£84	£64	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£134	£104	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£81	£65	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£61	£48	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£32	£32	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£34	£25	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£31	£24	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£28	£20	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£22	£22	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£27	£17	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£12	£13	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£23	£18	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£15	£21	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£28	£15	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	*	£19	£12	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	*	£7	£10	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	*	£13	£6	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/01/70		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 36 years

www.yfwbloodbikes.org

trustees@yfwbloodbikes.org

01935428372

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Search, rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Devon, Dorset, Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500
Somerset Community Foundation	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,704
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	05/08/2022	Contribution to annual running costs
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards a new blood bike
£5,000	09/06/2022	Contribution towards a new blood bike
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Yeovil Freewheelers (EVS) - 01/03/21
£1,000	12/03/2021	Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Yeovil Freewheelers EVS
£4,704	15/11/2019	We want to replace one of our four motorcycles, due to an increase in demand for our services.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	24/01/2018	YFW Support Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Yeovil Freewheelers
£3,144	04/08/2017	Enable us to continue delivering urgently needed medical items to patients and hospitals, free of charge.
Somerset Community Foundation - Replace oldest bike
£4,825	26/10/2016 20	Replacement motorbike

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ALAN BOND Appointed: 2024

ANDREW HARRIES Appointed: 2024

CHARLES CAMPION-SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2024

PETER BAKER Appointed: 2024

VINSON SHARP Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/1988, number: 299434

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR07: 354 days late, AR06: 585 days late, AR05: 881 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE ROTARY CLUB OF GLASTONBURY AND STREET TRUST FUND on 20/08/2021

Main office

35 Mudford Road
YEOVIL
Somerset
BA21 4AE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT OF URGENTLY NEEDED BLOODS, DRUGS, HUMAN TISSUES AND OTHER MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS ORIGINATING FROM HOSPITALS, OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OR PATIENTS? HOMES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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