Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

ESSEX & HERTS AIR AMBULANCE TRUST

To provide pre hospital care mainly with a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, supported by rapid response vehicles.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £46,836,183 available, equivalent to 40 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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
31/03/23£17,629£13,951£3,678£5,036£46,882£46,83640.372433
31/03/22£15,518£12,137£3,381£4,857£44,419£43,5424364412
31/03/21£17,508£11,330£6,178£3,915£40,417£38,79241.171433
31/03/20£16,591£11,735£4,856£5,099£32,425£31,82332.575400
31/03/19£14,516£10,731£3,786£4,764£28,173£28,17231.565375
31/03/18£13,136£9,732£3,404£4,472£24,106£24,10429.7550
31/03/17£12,450£7,622£4,828£3,405£20,901£20,89632.9460
31/03/16*£13,248£7,154£6,094£3,219£16,053£14,54824.4340
31/03/15£9,985£6,500£3,485£3,005£10,046£9,99718.5340
31/03/14£8,482£6,012£2,470£3,008£6,561£6,56113.1270
31/03/13£6,023£5,572£451£2,727£4,091£4,0918.8250
31/03/12£5,063£4,952£111£2,131£3,640£3,6408.8230
31/03/11£4,094£4,681£-587£1,854£3,529£3,5299180
31/03/10£4,073£4,266£-193£1,447£4,116£4,11611.6170
31/03/09£4,038£3,383£655£1,191£4,309£4,30915.3150
31/03/08£3,249£2,443£806£1,009£3,654£3,48417.1120
31/03/07£2,675£2,354£321£1,001£2,848£2,84214.5110
31/03/06£2,649£1,949£700n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 82.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 61%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 40.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 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
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,
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
£5,000 08/01/2024
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Department of Health - Essex and Herts Air Ambulance 20-21
£1,316,706 02/04/2020
Part of the Autumn Budget on 29th Oct 2018, the Chancellor announced £10 million capital funding for air ambulance services in England via a competitive grants scheme for Air Ambulance Charities.
Masonic Trust - MCF Air Ambulance
£4,000 20/02/2019
Unrestricted funding for air ambulance service
Masonic Trust - MCF Air Ambulance
£4,000 20/02/2019
Unrestricted funding for air ambulance service
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 21/02/2018
Core funding for air ambulances
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 21/02/2018
Core funding for air ambulances
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 18/01/2017
Core funding for air ambulances
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 (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-67
  • ANDREW TUNNINGLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • CLAIRE LOUISE SMITH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • CLIVE MARTIN GILHAM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Financial Director
  • DARREN HAYWARD Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DR RAMZI FREIJ Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Consultant
  • ELLISA ESTRIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • JONATHAN CHARLES GOSSELIN TROWER (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
  • MICHELLE TENNENS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • ROY JOHN MARFLEET Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/04/2005, number: 1108989
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/03/2005, number: 05397840
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR16: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ROYSIA WOMENS CLUB on 01/12/2021
Main office

ESSEX & HERTS AIR AMBULANCE TRUST
THE BUSINESS CENTRE
AIRFIELD
EARLS COLNE
COLCHESTER
CO6 2NS

Objectives

To assist in relieving pain and sickness by the operation of a pre-hospital emergency medical service for the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. This service provided mainly by a helicopter emergency medical service with additional rapid response vehicles and to perform such other charitable purposes for the relief of pain and sickness consistent with the above object as the Trustees shall at their discretion determine.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ESSEX AND HERTFORDHSIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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