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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST 

The Trust's objects ("the Objects") are to relieve sickness in particular but not exclusively, by supporting helicopter led emergency medical services and funding primary helicopter landing sites at major trauma centres and key accident and emergency hospitals and specialist treatment centres to help end preventable loss of life and reduce the severity of injuries caused by secondary transfers.
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/22£11,671£8,587£3,084£3,155£12,146£9,98213.91010
30/09/21£9,075£8,793£282£3,197£10,152£8,43611.51110
30/09/20£9,262£8,083£1,179£3,500£8,791£7,29710.81110
30/09/19£8,664£8,290£374£3,319£7,615£6,0478.8110
30/09/18£8,501£8,430£71£3,055£6,868£1,4402100
30/09/17£8,050£8,025£25£3,053£6,596£5,6118.4110
30/09/16£7,866£7,561£305£3,098£6,351£5,2418.3110
30/09/15£7,322£6,603£719£2,884£5,505£4,4958.2120
30/09/14£5,875£5,058£817£2,289£4,923£4,22310120
30/09/13£4,011£3,547£465£1,846£4,085£3,79312.8120
30/09/12£2,538£2,748£-210£1,348£3,601£3,60115.7120
30/09/11£1,635£2,370£-735£829£3,544£3,54417.9110
30/09/10£1,871£683£1,188£683£4,523£4,36876.8100
30/09/09£2,018£1,361£657£592£3,950£3,94234.870
30/09/08£1,706£889£817£59£3,252£3,25243.960
30/09/07£1,808£690£1,118£138£2,435£2,43542.450
30/09/06£1,180£613£567£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£810£583£227£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£785£578£208£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 61.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 37.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 13.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 32.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 28 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Search & rescue & emergency services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-92
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1996, number: 1057063
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/04/1995, number: 03044061
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST
PO BOX 999
WALSALL
WS2 7YX

Objectives

THE TRUST'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY SUPPORTING HELICOPTER LED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND FUNDING PRIMARY HELICOPTER LANDING SITES AT MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRES, KEY ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY HOSPITALS AND SPECIALIST TREATMENT CENTRES TO HELP END PREVENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE AND REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF INJURIES CAUSED BY SECONDARY TRANSFERS.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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