Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -5

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

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED

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 ambulance service or other emergency transport.The provision of training, research and education in the field of pre-hospital medicine for the treatment and/or prevention of sickness and physical injury.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£16,098	£14,895	£1,203	£8,084	£20,524	£17,526	14.1	80	115
31/03/22		£12,476	£13,021	£-544	£6,167	£19,163	£17,571	16.2	78	169
31/03/21		£14,132	£9,239	£4,893	£4,464	£19,707	£16,922	22	73	167
31/03/20		£13,608	£10,526	£3,082	£5,598	£14,813	£12,590	14.4	74	181
31/03/19		£11,889	£8,994	£2,894	£4,793	£11,629	£9,118	12.2	62	227
31/03/18		£8,979	£7,865	£1,113	£3,972	£8,837	£6,280	9.6	54	0
31/03/17		£9,194	£7,427	£1,767	£3,415	£7,724	£4,953	8	41	0
31/03/16		£10,732	£8,702	£2,030	£2,752	£5,957	£3,412	4.7	37	0
31/03/15		£8,082	£6,050	£2,032	£3,017	£3,576	£1,749	3.5	39	0
31/03/14		£4,802	£4,816	£-14	£2,325	£1,544	£1,276	3.2	33	0
31/03/13		£4,092	£3,581	£511	£1,544	£1,558	£1,421	4.8	20	0
31/03/12		£3,183	£2,746	£437	£928	£1,046	£1,031	4.5	18	0
31/03/11	*	£3,006	£2,233	£774	£634	£610	£601	3.2	16	0
31/03/10		£2,276	£2,306	£-30	£472	£-164	£-164	-0.9	15	0
31/03/09		£2,234	£2,228	£6	£401	£-134	£-134	-0.7	14	0
31/03/08		£1,946	£1,879	£67	£304	£-140	£-140	-0.9	9	0
31/03/07	*	£1,618	£1,523	£95	£307	£-207	£-207	-1.6	9	0
31/03/06		£1,853	£1,724	£129	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£1,512	£1,448	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£1,177	£1,284	£-106	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 90.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 54.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 14.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 36 years

www.londonsairambulance.org.uk

info@londonsairambulance.org.uk

02030233300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Search, rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 - London Air Ambulance 20-21
£229,955	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.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 London Air Ambulance
£817	18/03/2020	Supporting people with rare medical conditions
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	18/01/2017	Core funding for air ambulances
Masonic Trust - Air Ambulance Grant
£4,000	18/01/2017	Core funding for air ambulances
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London's Air Ambulance Limited
£214,000	28/01/2016 24	£214,000 over 2 years (2 x £107,000) for the costs of the Patient Liaison Nurse project and including a contribution of £40,000 pa to the helicopter operating costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-65

BIANCA GILL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Auditor

BRIG TIM HODGETTS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Doctor / Army Offr

GEMMA SHERRINGTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Director

GORDON PITMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Hr Officer

JAMES THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Technology Officer

NICK GOODWYN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Aviation Specialist / Flight Operations Manager

PROFESSOR MARGOT GOSNEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Dr Of Medicine

RITA CHADHA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Manager / Consultant

ROBERT GORDON NEIL STEWART FORSYTH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

SHERI ADIGUN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/1989, number: 801013
Registered at Companies House on 23/01/1989, number: 02337239

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

24/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION
01/06/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE JANE GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST FUND
13/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from SANDERSTEAD (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD

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
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; AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR05: 59 days late, AR04: 88 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION on 24/03/2023
Asset transfer in from THE JANE GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST FUND on 01/06/2023
Asset transfer in from SANDERSTEAD (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 13/03/2024

Main office

London Air Ambulance
5th floor
77 Mansell Street
London
E1 8AN

Objectives

1.THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR PHYSICAL INJURY BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A HELICOPTER AMBULANCE SERVICE OR OTHER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT2.THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF PRE-HOSPITAL MEDICINE FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND PHYSICAL INJURY

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AREA BOUNDED BY THE M25 MOTORWAY

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