Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITY 

Provision of staff and patient welfare facilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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£234£618£-384n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£548£503£45£0£294£561.300
31/03/21£217£116£101n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£145£138£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£32£29£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£29£18£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£10£89£-79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£49£35£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£18£11£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£135£39£96£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£18£84£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£21£90£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£32£13£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£10£39£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£58£61£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£6£9£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£4£44£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£11£78£-67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£38£39£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£28£53£-25£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

enquiriesmailbox@wmas.nhs.uk

01384475031

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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 Matched Funding
£5,000 07/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/09/1996, number: 1058359
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 0 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS
Trust
Unit 9
Waterfront Business Park
Dudley Road
BRIERLEY

Objectives

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WHOLLY OR MAINLY FOR THE WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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