Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD

To relieve sickness and injury in the UK by assisting in the provision of financial support to established local air ambulance services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender

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	£1,139	£914	£225	£151	£902	£897	11.8	5	2
31/12/21	£725	£369	£356	£154	£677	£652	21.2	4	1
31/12/20	£6,519	£6,323	£196	£156	£321	£321	0.6	3	1
31/12/19	£400	£381	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/18	£487	£862	£-375	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£578	£579	£-1	£0	£481	£401	8.3	0	0
31/12/16	£720	£535	£185	£81	£482	£370	8.3	0	0
31/12/15	£4,588	£4,290	£298	£0	£298	£57	0.2	1	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 11.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 9 years

www.airambulancesuk.org

info@airambulancesuk.org

01564339958

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Search & rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Provides other finance

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

5 employees
2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department of Health - Covid Funding
£6,000,000	22/05/2020	Support for Air Ambulances
Department of Health - Air Ambulances UK
£6,000,000	17/04/2020	The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities ....more The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities to help those in need, up to the end of October 2021. Each organisation was either:Providing key services specific to supporting the Covid-19 response, to reduce burden on the NHS or other public services; orProviding critical frontline services to vulnerable groups affected by Covid-19 and associated measures (ie. social-distancing) (must outline the characteristics that make those groups vulnerable).

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA COLETTE MCLEAN Appointed: 2020

ANDREW DAVID WELCH Appointed: 2020

ANDREW WILLIAM HICKS Appointed: 2023

ANNA PERRY Appointed: 2019

CLAIRE SUZANNE ASHBY WALTERS Appointed: 2020

DARYL BROWN Appointed: 2019

DR MATTHEW WILLAMS Appointed: 2020

HEATHER BENJAMIN Appointed: 2020

JOHN MARTIN CHRISTENSEN Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2015, number: 1161153
Registered at Companies House on 03/12/2019, number: 12345678

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

International House
126 Colmore Row
Birmingham
B3 3AP

Objectives

4. The charity's objects (Objects) are specifically restricted to relieving sickness and injury in the UK by: 4.1 assisting in the provision of financial and other support to established local air ambulance services, including, but not limited to making grants available to Air Ambulance Charities, NHS Trusts and ambulance Trusts; and 4.2 the delivery of related services to improve patient outcomes, including but not limited to the running of conferences and dissemination of information.

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