Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
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

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

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 a grant maker
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:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/23	£10,652	£13,084	£-2,432	£4,576	£20,904	£20,763	19	135	691
31/12/22	£11,938	£11,404	£534	£3,731	£22,935	£22,822	24	159	738
31/12/21	£11,490	£10,804	£686	£3,329	£22,218	£21,997	24.4	143	738
31/12/20	£8,449	£9,880	£-1,431	£3,224	£21,431	£20,989	25.5	113	620
31/12/19	£9,056	£9,272	£-216	£3,299	£22,633	£21,914	28.4	125	655
31/12/18	£8,542	£7,724	£818	£3,026	£22,378	£21,697	33.7	74	0
31/12/17	£9,875	£6,758	£3,117	£2,948	£21,901	£20,901	37.1	79	0
31/12/16	£8,167	£5,687	£2,480	£2,875	£18,685	£17,483	36.9	75	0
31/12/15	£6,865	£5,008	£1,857	£2,508	£15,924	£15,681	37.6	51	0
31/12/14	£6,235	£4,201	£2,034	£2,160	£14,220	£14,136	40.4	42	0
31/12/13	£6,315	£4,334	£1,981	£2,010	£12,186	£12,181	33.7	35	0
31/12/12	£5,412	£4,221	£1,191	£1,732	£10,205	£9,566	27.2	33	0
31/12/11	£5,399	£4,435	£964	£1,865	£9,014	£8,436	22.8	31	0
31/12/10	£4,473	£3,955	£518	£1,503	£8,317	£8,254	25	33	0
31/12/09	£4,530	£3,855	£675	£1,424	£7,512	£7,484	23.3	33	0
31/12/08	£4,142	£3,681	£461	£1,289	£6,349	£6,319	20.6	29	0
31/12/07	£4,905	£3,122	£1,783	£1,049	£6,083	£6,040	23.2	28	0
31/12/06	£3,958	£2,902	£1,056	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£3,057	£2,366	£691	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£3,082	£1,565	£1,517	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 85.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 19 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 25 years

www.daat.org

info@daat.org

01392466666

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,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,000	08/01/2024	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-62

ANN HOLMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director, Coach & Ned

ANTHONY MICHAEL CRAMP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director

DARRELL LEE MANN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Engineer

DAVID PETER NICHOLSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

ELEANOR JANE ADAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Director

JULIE HAWKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

RICHARD OWEN DAVIDSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive

ROSS HEMINGWAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Gp

VICTORIA BURR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Bank Official

VICTORIA RUTH SMILEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant

WILLIAM LEWIS FLETCHER MATTHEWMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Investment Advisor

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

16/10/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE PLYMOUTH MERCHANT NAVY MONUMENT
23/12/2021 - Asset transfer in from DARTMOUTH PENSIONERS CLUB

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 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

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