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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY

Provision of funds to sustain critical care operations for the Great Western Air Ambulance based in Bristol and covering Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, and providing secondary support for the county of Wiltshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£5,379£5,691£-312£2,152£4,826£4,5569.642240
31/12/22£4,531£4,621£-90£1,736£5,034£4,79112.434183
31/12/21£3,972£4,076£-104£1,456£5,470£5,30915.62485
31/12/20£4,137£3,636£500£1,351£5,425£5,34417.61866
31/12/19£3,719£3,665£54£1,368£4,863£4,82715.816151
31/12/18£4,164£3,314£851£1,178£4,783£4,66916.9160
31/12/17£4,325£3,175£1,149£1,135£3,933£3,15011.9120
31/12/16£3,734£2,779£955£714£2,783£2,78312120
31/12/15£3,051£2,509£542£975£1,878£1,8789110
31/12/14£2,629£1,822£808£811£1,337£1,3378.890
31/12/13£2,010£1,589£421£694£529£529480
31/12/12£1,648£1,635£13£730£107£1070.850
31/12/11?£1,380£1,261£119£194£94£940.930
31/10/10£953£873£80£140£-25£-25-0.300
31/10/09£531£609£-79£0£-105£-105-2.100
31/10/08*£52£78£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 87%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.greatwesternairambulance.com

info@greatwesternairambulance.com

03034444999

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Search, rescue & emergency services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Department of Health£230,323
Quartet Community Foundation£20,500
Dulverton Trust£14,500
Department for Work and Pensions£7,663
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Operations in Gloucestershire
£3,000 07/02/2024
Operations in Gloucestershire
Dulverton Trust - Mission costs in Gloucestershire
£3,000 08/02/2023
Mission costs in Gloucestershire
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
£500 14/12/2022
As requested by the donor towards their Christmas appeal
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
£2,234 22/10/2022
We would like to make it mission possible in your community. One mission: funded by you, flying for you.
Department for Work and Pensions - GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
£6,163 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Dulverton Trust - Operations in Gloucestershire
£5,500 09/02/2022
Operations in Gloucestershire
Department of Health - Air Ambulance Capital 21-22 - Great Western
£10,369 02/04/2021
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.
Department for Work and Pensions - GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
£1,500 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Quartet Community Foundation - Critical Care Missions in North Somerset
£20,000 29/01/2021
23
To bring advanced emergency care to people in the more remote parts of North Somerset, giving those disadvantaged by their location the best chance of surviving critical illness or injury.
Dulverton Trust - Air Ambulance in Gloucestershire
£3,000 10/06/2020
Air Ambulance in Gloucestershire
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 09/04/2020
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
Department of Health - Great Western Air Ambulance 20-21
£219,954 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
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18
£1,000,000 14/09/2017
This grant is a contribution towards the cost of the helicopter.
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 18/01/2017
Core funding for air ambulances
Dulverton Trust - Air Ambulance in Gloucestershire
£3,500 11/02/2016
Air Ambulance in Gloucestershire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-64
  • CAROLINE ANN PETERS MBE PETERS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Detective Chief Superintendent
  • DR MATTHEW THOMAS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor
  • JOHN HOULDEN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lawyer
  • MARTYN WILLIAM DRAKE (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • SIMON JAMES DAVIES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • SIMON ROBIN JAQUES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2007, number: 1121300
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/10/2007, number: 06386523
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
16 returns made; AR08: 253 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ALBERT EDWARD PASH CHARITABLE TRUST FUND on 17/08/2021
  • Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION on 24/03/2023
  • Asset transfer in from NAILSEA LIONS CLUB on 19/12/2023
Main office

County Gates
3rd Floor
Ashton Road
Bristol
BS3 2JH

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE OR OTHER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION PRIMARILY IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST NAMELY BRISTOL, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, NORTH SOMERSET, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND PARTS OF WILTSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, AVON, WILTSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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