Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

THE LINCOLNSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST 

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls 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:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 31 years

www.ambucopter.org.uk

info@ambucopter.org.uk

01522548469

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX

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£10,782£9,256£1,526£1,709£19,466£16,65821.654180
31/03/22£7,624£8,240£-616£1,235£18,522£15,8242342140
31/03/21£7,537£7,322£215£593£19,043£16,13526.433140
31/03/20£11,779£6,375£5,404£1,904£17,593£14,97428.241180
31/03/19£5,670£4,967£703£1,281£12,873£12,77330.934300
31/03/18£5,000£4,334£666£1,149£12,061£11,96133.1300
31/03/17£4,264£3,398£865£1,375£11,525£11,52540.7280
31/03/16£5,482£3,581£1,901£1,596£10,101£10,10133.8320
31/03/15£4,370£3,139£1,231£1,193£7,833£7,83329.9310
31/03/14£3,911£3,059£852£1,239£6,454£6,45425.3270
31/03/13£3,622£2,784£838£1,163£5,556£5,55623.9270
31/03/12*£2,570£2,316£255£749£4,597£4,59723.8220
31/03/11£2,173£1,992£180£631£4,341£0n/a190
31/03/10£2,674£1,912£762£576£4,151£4,15126190
31/03/09£2,610£1,874£736£581£3,291£3,29121.1150
31/03/08£2,221£1,735£487£454£2,606£2,60618140
31/03/07£2,354£1,568£786£382£2,119£2,11916.2110
31/03/06£1,485£1,405£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,434£1,298£136£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,592£1,325£268£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 21.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 54 employees
  • 180 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£1,818,199
DCMS£700,000
CareTech foundation£309
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£309 31/01/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
Department of Health - Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance 20-21
£1,818,199 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.
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances
£700,000 01/04/2019
This grant is a contribution to the purchase of suitable office premises or if suitable office premises are not available, to secure a suitable site and commission a purpose build, to accommodate 40 ....more
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
£800,000 01/12/2017
This grant is a contribution to the purchase of suitable office premises or if suitable office premises are not available, to secure a suitable site and commission a purpose build, to accommodate 40 ....more
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
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-77
  • GRAHAM SECKER (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1993, number: 1017501
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/02/1993, number: 02788157
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
20 returns made; AR12: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LINCOLN SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATION on 02/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF CLEETHORPES HERITAGE on 24/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from BELVOIR FIRST AID on 10/09/2020
  • Asset transfer in from DEEPING ST. JAMES AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY on 27/05/2021
Main office

Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance
Headquarters
HEMS Way
Off Sleaford Road
LINCOLN
LN4 2GW

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY THE PROVISION AND/OR SUPPORT OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE AND/OR OTHER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE COUNTIES OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OF LINCOLSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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