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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

LIA'S WINGS 

Mission:

Transforming lives through hospital air transfers for children, ensuring children can receive the care they need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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 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
31/03/23£562£440£122£151£271£2236.142
31/03/22*£284£333£-49n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£270£253£16n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£321£324£-3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£266£399£-134n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£418£534£-116£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£682£521£161£253£434£4341060
31/03/16?£571£330£241£231£274£1063.930
30/06/15£57£64£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£169£188£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13*£157£140£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£90£69£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 26.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 34.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

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What it does
We are dedicated to delivering fixed wing air transfers for seriously ill babies and children up to the age of 16 in the UK who require an elective (planned) transfer service. We work closely with the NHS and our preferred air charter partner Capital Air Ambulance, the largest provider of air ambulance services in the UK. The service is provided at no cost to the families of the children involved.
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Search & rescue & emergency services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 4 employees
  • 2 volunteers

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
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 27/04/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
CAF - Grant to Lucy Air Ambulance for Children
£9,512 04/05/2020
3
Grant to Lucy Air Ambulance for Children to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lucy Air Ambulance for Children
£3,939 19/11/2018
Money will help to fund a flight for sick children.
DCMS - Lucy Air Ambulance Project Funding
£94,665 01/04/2017
To support Lucy Air Ambulance for Children Charity to source charter services on a more permanent basis and so secure the long term viability of the charity, along with boosting fundraising ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-46
  • LEE DOYLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2010, number: 1138457
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/06/2009, number: 06935959
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR13: 68 days late, AR12: 141 days late,
Main office

CAN Mezzanine
7-14 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4YR

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN REQUIRING EXPERT MEDICAL CARE OR RELOCATION. WE DO THIS BY FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF A DEDICATED AIR TRANSFER SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE UK AND PROVIDING HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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