Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs high: -3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY KENT SURREY SUSSEX

Air Ambulance service in South East England and surrounding areas. Our service provides specialised medicine and knowledge to improve the health and medical outcomes of the wider community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 31 years

www.aakss.org.uk

hello@aakss.org.uk

01634471900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£18,302	£18,797	£-495	£2,879	£33,701	£33,524	21.4	105	150
31/03/22		£17,563	£16,575	£987	£2,836	£34,363	£34,233	24.8	109	168
31/03/21		£17,435	£15,211	£2,224	£2,442	£31,872	£31,747	25	98	172
31/03/20		£16,269	£15,427	£841	£3,946	£26,836	£26,702	20.8	84	211
31/03/19		£14,845	£14,140	£704	£3,918	£26,024	£25,828	21.9	80	201
31/03/18		£14,113	£10,972	£3,141	£2,782	£25,083	£24,678	27	73	0
31/03/17		£12,427	£9,559	£2,868	£2,793	£21,828	£20,914	26.3	45	0
31/03/16		£14,205	£9,360	£4,845	£2,635	£17,839	£16,920	21.7	42	0
31/03/15		£10,693	£8,351	£2,342	£2,079	£13,197	£13,169	18.9	31	0
31/03/14		£9,275	£7,858	£1,417	£2,010	£10,361	£10,331	15.8	31	0
31/03/13		£8,793	£6,798	£1,995	£2,105	£8,676	£8,614	15.2	33	0
31/03/12		£7,685	£6,760	£925	£2,374	£6,115	£6,115	10.9	34	0
31/03/11	*	£5,935	£5,882	£53	£1,639	£5,222	£5,222	10.7	32	0
31/03/10		£4,822	£5,448	£-626	£925	£4,854	£4,853	10.7	28	0
31/03/09		£5,303	£5,101	£202	£864	£4,568	£4,567	10.7	24	0
31/03/08		£4,073	£4,182	£-109	£779	£5,086	£5,086	14.6	18	0
31/03/07		£3,374	£2,656	£718	£643	£5,198	£4,380	19.8	16	0
31/03/06	*	£2,179	£2,148	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£2,253	£1,714	£539	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,773	£1,659	£113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 34.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 21.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

105 employees
150 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Hazelhurst Trust	£25,000
Masonic Trust	£6,250
Co-Operative Group	£2,988
Community Foundation for Surrey	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Essential Running Costs
£1,000	05/01/2023	Funding towards the essential running costs of an air ambulance service that works throughout Surrey.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,250	01/02/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000	10/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
£2,988	23/10/2021	We would like to replace one of our Rapid Response Vehicle Volvo XC90s, to ensure the crew can continue to provide our life-saving work across the region when the helicopter is out of action.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£25,000	03/03/2020	Unrestricted grant for core costs
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 - 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	21/02/2018	Core funding for air ambulances
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18
£1,000,000	01/12/2017	To acquire a second replacement aircraft to ensure resilient and sustainable, safe and effective delivery of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service and the ability of Medical Emergency Response ....more To acquire a second replacement aircraft to ensure resilient and sustainable, safe and effective delivery of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service and the ability of Medical Emergency Response Incident Teams to care for the most badly injured and sick pre-hospital patients across the South East.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£2,500	20/09/2017	Air Ambulance core costs donation
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kent, Surrey & Air Ambulance Trust
£5,570	04/08/2017	Each lifesaving mission we undertake costs around Â£2600. Your support could potentially save a life.
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,500	28/06/2017	Air Ambulance event costs
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,200	31/03/2017	Air Ambulance event costs
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
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
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,275	01/05/2015	Air Ambulance event costs
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,200	31/03/2015	Air Ambulance event costs

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-75

DAVID ARTHUR MORGAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Flight Operations

DAVID HENRY BARNABY BURGESS (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Businessman

DR ANDREW RHODES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant

EVELYN BOAHEMAH STYLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

JANE BETHANY REDMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant

MICHAEL DOCHERTY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed Consultant

NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER HALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Aviation Advisor

PATRICK DAVID STEWART Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor

RICHARD ROYCE LEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer, Other trusteeship: ST JOHN AMBULANCE CARE,

SUSAN ELIZABETH APPLEBY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY,

TIMOTHY OAKES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/1993, number: 1021367
Registered at Companies House on 24/03/1993, number: 02803242

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

17/11/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE INNER WHEEL CLUB OF HERNE BAY BENEVOLENT FUND
27/07/2022 - Asset transfer in from ASSOCIATION FOR DISABLED - SITTINGBOURNE
27/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from MEOPHAM WELFARE COMMITTEE
20/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from SEAFORD STROKE AND CARING CLUB
24/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION
20/04/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE RYDON GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST
04/09/2023 - Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF FOLKESTONE BENEVOLENT FUND

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
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; AR11: 2 days late, AR06: 16 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE INNER WHEEL CLUB OF HERNE BAY BENEVOLENT FUND on 17/11/2021
Asset transfer in from ASSOCIATION FOR DISABLED - SITTINGBOURNE on 27/07/2022
Asset transfer in from MEOPHAM WELFARE COMMITTEE on 27/02/2023
Asset transfer in from SEAFORD STROKE AND CARING CLUB on 20/03/2023
Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION on 24/03/2023

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Main office

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
Rochester City Airport
Maidstone Road
CHATHAM
Kent
ME5 9SD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICK AND INJURED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIALISED MEDICINE AND KNOWLEDGE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH AN AEROMEDICAL SERVICE, TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL OUTCOMES OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY IN SOUTH EAST ENGLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND NATIONALLY (OR INTERNATIONALLY) IN TIMES OF NEED OR DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND AND SURROUNDING AREA

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