Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
    • Grant maker support: +5

    EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE 

    The relief of sickness and injury by the provision of emergency medical services and equipment and in particular by the provision of a helicopter air ambulance service or other emergency transportation wholly or mainly within the area served by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple 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 reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

    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: 23 years

    www.eaaa.org.uk

    info@eaaa.org.uk

    03450 669999

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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
    30/06/23£18,610£16,752£1,857£3,811£31,192£31,04022.2119200
    30/06/22£18,113£15,620£2,493£3,996£29,326£28,94522.2102240
    30/06/21£14,233£13,217£1,016£2,741£27,153£26,86524.4102340
    30/06/20£14,835£13,021£1,813£3,219£24,605£24,15622.396223
    30/06/19£14,101£12,036£2,065£3,057£23,457£22,87322.886365
    30/06/18£13,128£10,637£2,491£2,823£20,579£20,42023700
    30/06/17£12,816£10,308£2,507£2,828£17,475£17,44020.3710
    30/06/16£10,774£9,063£1,711£2,438£14,214£14,20218.8600
    30/06/15£9,316£7,982£1,333£2,639£11,710£11,34317.1470
    30/06/14£8,298£7,330£968£2,464£9,975£9,89916.2460
    30/06/13£7,153£6,824£329£2,589£8,607£8,52715390
    30/06/12£6,481£5,138£1,343£2,035£7,480£7,35817.2280
    30/06/11£4,899£4,634£265£1,838£6,239£6,11715.8270
    30/06/10£4,163£3,872£292£1,296£5,444£5,26916.3280
    30/06/09£4,151£3,529£622£1,097£4,856£4,68015.9180
    30/06/08£3,567£3,243£324£955£4,628£4,48616.6160
    30/06/07£3,240£2,244£996£832£4,520£4,38523.4160
    30/06/06£3,653£1,798£1,855£0£0£0n/a00
    30/06/05£1,415£283£1,131£0£0£0n/a00
    30/06/04£1,578£900£678£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 34.1%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22.8%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
    Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 5%
    Liabilities/Income: 9%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 22.2 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.1
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    Who works here?
    • 119 employees
    • 200 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

    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£790,313
    Co-Operative Group£7,439
    Masonic Trust£5,000
    Suffolk Community Foundation£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £2,500 21/12/2020
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to East Anglian Air Ambulance
    £7,439 24/10/2020
    We would like to improve bystander first aid confidence in the area, giving those most at risk the best chance for survival.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £2,500 07/05/2020
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid-19: Emergency Personal Protective Equipment
    £5,000 14/04/2020
    5
    To provide Emergency Personal Protective Equipment to East Anglian Air Ambulance workers during the Coronavirus pandemic period. Covid19
    Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to East Anglian Air Ambulance
    £3,480 07/04/2020
    6
    to purchase essential PPE to enable the clinicians to continue to deliver life-saving services
    Department of Health - East Anglia Air Ambulance 20-21
    £790,313 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.
    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
    Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
    £4,000 21/02/2018
    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
    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 (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 51-72
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2000, number: 1083876
    • Registered at Companies House on 06/09/2000, number: 04066700
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    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; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL ELY on 22/12/2020
    Main office

    East Anglian Air Ambulance
    Helimed House
    Hangar 14
    Gambling Close
    NORWICH
    NR6 6EG

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PHYSICAL INJURY BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE OR OTHER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION WHOLLY OR MAINLY WITHIN THE AREA SERVED BY THE EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE NHS TRUST. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF PRE-HOSPITAL MEDICINE AND THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND PHYSICAL INJURY; AND THE PROVISION OF OTHER HEALTH RELATED SERVICES BY OR INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF POST-HOSPITAL SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    AREA OF THE EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE NHS TRUST

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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