Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

DEVON AIR AMBULANCE TRUST 

Devon Air Ambulance Trust is the charity that funds and operates Devon?s Air Ambulance service.The service is provided free at the point of need, to anyone and everyone in Devon and neighbouring counties, resident or visitor; based on clinical need, urgency, accessibility and distance to the most appropriate hospital for the clinical needs of the patient.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £22,822,000 available, equivalent to 24 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 24 years

www.daat.org

info@daat.org

01392466666

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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
31/12/22£11,938£11,404£534£3,731£22,935£22,82224159738
31/12/21£11,490£10,804£686£3,329£22,218£21,99724.4143738
31/12/20£8,449£9,880£-1,431£3,224£21,431£20,98925.5113620
31/12/19£9,056£9,272£-216£3,299£22,633£21,91428.4125655
31/12/18£8,542£7,724£818£3,026£22,378£21,69733.774620
31/12/17£9,875£6,758£3,117£2,948£21,901£20,90137.1790
31/12/16£8,167£5,687£2,480£2,875£18,685£17,48336.9750
31/12/15£6,865£5,008£1,857£2,508£15,924£15,68137.6510
31/12/14£6,235£4,201£2,034£2,160£14,220£14,13640.4420
31/12/13£6,315£4,334£1,981£2,010£12,186£12,18133.7350
31/12/12£5,412£4,221£1,191£1,732£10,205£9,56627.2330
31/12/11£5,399£4,435£964£1,865£9,014£8,43622.8310
31/12/10£4,473£3,955£518£1,503£8,317£8,25425330
31/12/09£4,530£3,855£675£1,424£7,512£7,48423.3330
31/12/08£4,142£3,681£461£1,289£6,349£6,31920.6290
31/12/07£4,905£3,122£1,783£1,049£6,083£6,04023.2280
31/12/06£3,958£2,902£1,056£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3,057£2,366£691£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,082£1,565£1,517£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 52.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 33%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 30%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 24 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 159 employees
  • 738 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department of Health - Devon Air Ambulance Trust
£226,061 01/04/2019
Air Ambulance Trust Scheme
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances
£207,693 01/04/2019
The grant is a contribution towards the costs of undertaking the professional installation and commissioning of equipment to allow Air Ambulances to operate at night in Devon.
Masonic Trust - MCF Air Ambulance
£4,000 20/02/2019
Unrestricted funding for air ambulance service
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances
£246,857 01/04/2018
The grant is a contribution towards the costs of undertaking the professional installation and commissioning of equipment to allow Air Ambulances to operate at night in Devon.
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 21/02/2018
Core funding for air ambulances
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18
£1,000,000 01/12/2017
The grant is a contribution towards the costs of undertaking the professional installation and commissioning of equipment to allow Air Ambulances to operate at night in Devon.
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 18/01/2017
Core funding for air ambulances
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-62
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/10/1999, number: 1077998
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/09/1999, number: 03855746
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE PLYMOUTH MERCHANT NAVY MONUMENT on 16/10/2020
  • Asset transfer in from DARTMOUTH PENSIONERS CLUB on 23/12/2021
Main office

UNIT 5 SANDPIPER COURT
HARRINGTON LANE
EXETER
EX4 8NS

Objectives

The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are: - the relief of sickness and injury primarily in the County of Devon through provision of emergency medical services and equipment by helicopter or other emergency vehicles; - the advancement of health through provision of training, research and education in the field of pre-hospital emergency medicine and treatment or prevention of sickness and injury; - provision of other health related services including aftercare for patients.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DEVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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