Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -4
Large legacies income: +1
Fundraising costs high: -3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (registered charity number 1143118), formerly known as County Air Ambulance (1001064). The charity's mission is to provide patients with pre-hospital care and lifesaving intervention through its helicopter-led emergency medical services (HEMS).The charity covers Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.

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
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £53,475,000 available, equivalent to 47 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 13 years

www.midlandsairambulance.com

info@midlandsairambulance.com

08008402040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£17,662	£13,721	£3,941	£4,399	£53,533	£53,475	46.8	118	274
31/03/22	£18,041	£11,184	£6,857	£3,786	£50,773	£50,650	54.3	53	200
31/03/21	£13,913	£10,666	£3,247	£2,774	£43,399	£17,261	19.4	51	250
31/03/20	£14,594	£10,879	£3,715	£3,412	£37,677	£21,674	23.9	49	220
31/03/19	£15,271	£10,021	£5,250	£3,248	£35,332	£35,194	42.1	42	200
31/03/18	£14,770	£9,066	£5,704	£3,052	£29,975	£29,781	39.4	33	0
31/03/17	£13,028	£8,593	£4,435	£2,998	£24,200	£23,824	33.3	39	0
31/03/16	£11,488	£8,050	£3,438	£2,632	£18,687	£18,163	27.1	37	0
31/03/15	£9,077	£6,913	£2,164	£749	£15,556	£15,296	26.6	32	0
31/03/14	£10,797	£6,746	£4,052	£808	£12,910	£12,553	22.3	30	0
31/03/13	£8,291	£6,522	£1,769	£608	£8,868	£8,478	15.6	25	0
31/03/12	£9,811	£3,343	£6,469	£233	£6,756	£6,433	23.1	14	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 28.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 32.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 46.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 19 months
Quick Ratio: 10.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Walsall, Warwickshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

118 employees
274 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

Department of Health	£319,639
Steve Morgan Foundation	£14,164
Dulverton Trust	£11,500
Masonic Trust	£11,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Operations in Gloucestershire
£3,000	07/02/2024	Operations in Gloucestershire
Dulverton Trust - Operations in Gloucestershire
£3,000	08/02/2023	Operations in Gloucestershire
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
£6,500	19/01/2023	Discretionary grant awarded
Dulverton Trust - Operations in Gloucestershire
£5,500	09/02/2022	Operations in Gloucestershire
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,000	06/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
£7,664	06/01/2022	Discretionary grant awarded
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000	02/02/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£4,000	01/10/2020	Towards the core costs of Midlands Air Ambulance
Department of Health - Midlands Air Ambulance 20-21
£319,639	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.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 2019-20
£28,750	01/04/2019	The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.
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	21/02/2018	Core funding for air ambulances
DCMS - LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18
£1,000,000	27/06/2017	To purchase an Airbus H145 aircraft. The grant will contribute towards the cost of purchasing the aircraft and the hangar adaptations that would be necessary to accommodate the larger aircraft.
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
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000	18/01/2017	Core funding for air ambulances
Dulverton Trust - Midlands Air Ambulance Gloucestershire
£3,500	11/02/2016	Midlands Air Ambulance Gloucestershire

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-68

ANDREW GORDON LENNOX Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ceo, Other trusteeship: THOMAS HARRIS FUND,

ANDREW MOSS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: RUGBY FOR HEROES,

ANNA CROSS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Buying

DR VIVIENNE MCVEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo

EDWIN KEITH MARRIOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN AND FAMILIES ASSOCIATION - FORCES HELP,

GARETH DELLENTY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: It Consultanty

KATE-EMMA BAILEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

MOHAMMED WAHEED SALEEM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Businessman, Other trusteeship: THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY LTD,

ROBERT GRANVILLE DOUGLAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2011, number: 1143118
Registered at Companies House on 27/06/2011, number: 07683841

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

Linked charity: MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE (1990) TRUST
Linked charity: MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE (1990) TRUST
22/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION
09/07/2021 - Asset transfer in from KETLEY AGE CONCERN DAY CENTRE
07/04/2022 - Asset transfer in from WATERHOUSES AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDER GROUP
13/09/2022 - Asset transfer in from GEORGE AYRES BENEVOLENT TRUST
24/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF TUNSTALL CHARITABLE TRUST FUND
24/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION

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

12 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
Asset transfer in from KETLEY AGE CONCERN DAY CENTRE on 09/07/2021
Asset transfer in from WATERHOUSES AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDER GROUP on 07/04/2022
Asset transfer in from GEORGE AYRES BENEVOLENT TRUST on 13/09/2022
Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF TUNSTALL CHARITABLE TRUST FUND on 24/03/2023

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Main office

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
Airbase Avenue
Neachley
SHIFNAL
Shropshire
TF11 8UR

Objectives

(A) TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING SICKNESS BY THE OPERATION OF A HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS, SHROPSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SUCH ADJACENT AREAS AS MAY BE EFFECTIVELY SERVED BY THE OPERATION OF ONE OR MORE HELICOPTER AMBULANCES; AND(B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE OBJECT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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