Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY RAISING SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO FINANCE THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF AN AIR AMBULANCE FOR THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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 £14,192,764 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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£8,936£5,283£3,653£900£14,243£14,19332.228108
31/12/22?£5,821£4,840£981£837£10,347£10,20725.32677
31/10/21£4,347£4,168£178£669£9,689£9,68527.925101
31/10/20£4,434£3,985£449£669£9,085£9,08127.33181
31/10/19£3,690£4,147£-457£671£8,753£8,73425.332116
31/10/18£3,957£4,048£-91£630£9,051£9,04526.8270
31/10/17£5,050£3,673£1,377£653£9,186£5,36917.5200
31/10/16£6,201£3,258£2,942£511£7,644£5,10918.8170
31/10/15£3,124£2,606£518£528£4,310£4,12719130
31/10/14£2,685£1,299£1,386£626£3,792£3,75634.7100
31/10/13£2,478£1,097£1,381£337£2,410£2,38826.170
31/10/12£1,748£811£937£165£937£93713.930

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 32.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

http://www.wiltshireairambulance.co.uk

hello@wiltshireairambulance.co.uk

01225300536

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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
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, North Somerset, Oxfordshire, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire,
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
£3,000 26/01/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
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
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18
£1,000,000 25/05/2017
To provide Wiltshire Air Ambulance with a new Operations Base, a state-of-the-art facility in the provision of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services.
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000 18/01/2017
Core funding for air ambulances

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-65
  • ANNA KAREN COLE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor
  • GRAHAM DEREK SEAMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Broadcaster
  • KEVIN BASNETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor/Retired
  • MICHAEL FELLOWS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Managing Director
  • NICHOLAS JOHN CHARLTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect
  • ROBERT KEVAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Operations Manager
  • SHELLEY MARIE RUDMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sports Person
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/10/2011, number: 1144097
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/10/2011, number: 07805796
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
  • 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DEVIZES AND DISTRICT CLUB FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED on 07/12/2021
Main office

Operations Centre
Outmarsh
Semington
Wiltshire
BA14 6JX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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