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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE 

Operator of two Helicopter Emergency Services, and the Children's Air Ambulance transfer service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised


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Established: 21 years

www.theairambulanceservice.org.uk

enquiries@theairambulanceservice.org.uk

03003045999

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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
31/12/22£33,583£27,343£6,240£19,334£33,996£33,30914.64211,250
31/12/21£30,365£24,961£5,404£15,942£29,194£28,53013.73751,240
31/12/20£25,375£23,229£2,146£14,400£22,647£21,98711.43811,005
31/12/19£28,916£24,505£4,411£15,532£20,041£19,4149.5358800
31/12/18£26,672£21,001£5,671£14,514£15,630£14,9428.5330800
31/12/17£21,022£19,688£1,334£13,619£9,959£9,3715.72790
31/12/16£16,306£15,843£463£9,866£8,625£8,1606.22300
31/12/15£14,694£12,194£2,500£7,091£8,162£7,3357.21680
31/12/14£11,930£10,375£1,555£5,076£5,662£4,9895.81490
31/12/13£11,152£9,892£1,260£5,009£4,107£3,5754.31290
31/12/12£9,397£8,702£695£4,726£2,956£2,6243.61130
31/12/11£5,519£5,321£198£2,324£2,221£2,2005940
31/12/10£4,464£4,036£428£1,165£1,954£1,9545.8180
31/12/09?£5,250£4,419£831£1,166£1,526£1,5264.1130
30/09/08£3,069£2,586£484£682£695£6953.290
30/09/07£1,938£1,678£261£482£212£2121.560
30/09/06£1,612£1,490£122£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£1,329£1,245£83£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£965£1,218£-253£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 191.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 70.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 14.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 421 employees
  • 1,250 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children's Air Ambulance
£2,617 22/10/2022
We plan to educate our members and their schools in the benefits of supporting community projects and good causes.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000 02/02/2021
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 - 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
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18
£1,000,000 20/06/2017
To expand the national inter-hospital emergency helicopter transfer service for children and neonate patients to meet current and future demand.
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Establishing The Children's Air Ambulance
£10,000 18/07/2013
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This is a project by a charity in Rugby, Warwickshire. The organisation will use the funding to modify the equipment on their helicopter to allow transfer of children above 4kg in weight, upto 16 ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-63
  • PHILL WELLS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/08/2003, number: 1098874
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2003, number: 04845905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR04: 31 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NUNEATON COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE on 13/10/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE ROTARY CLUB OF COVENTRY BREAKFAST CHARITABLE TRUST on 23/08/2021
  • Asset transfer in from CHILDREN ARE BUTTERFLIES LTD on 17/02/2022
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF BELARUS on 20/10/2022
  • Asset transfer in from MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQUESTRIAN SOCIETY on 09/02/2023
Main office

BLUE SKIES HOUSE
BUTLERS LEAP
RUGBY
WARWICKSHIRE
CV21 3RQ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAVING LIVES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREAS OF WARWICKSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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