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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
  • Grant maker 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
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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


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Established: 35 years

www.londonsairambulance.org.uk

info@londonsairambulance.org.uk

02030233300

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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£16,098£14,895£1,203£8,084£20,524£17,52614.180115
31/03/22£12,476£13,021£-544£6,167£19,163£17,57116.278169
31/03/21£14,132£9,239£4,893£4,464£19,707£16,9222273167
31/03/20£13,608£10,526£3,082£5,598£14,813£12,59014.474181
31/03/19£11,889£8,994£2,894£4,793£11,629£9,11812.262227
31/03/18£8,979£7,865£1,113£3,972£8,837£6,2809.6540
31/03/17£9,194£7,427£1,767£3,415£7,724£4,9538410
31/03/16£10,732£8,702£2,030£2,752£5,957£3,4124.7370
31/03/15£8,082£6,050£2,032£3,017£3,576£1,7493.5390
31/03/14£4,802£4,816£-14£2,325£1,544£1,2763.2330
31/03/13£4,092£3,581£511£1,544£1,558£1,4214.8200
31/03/12£3,183£2,746£437£928£1,046£1,0314.5180
31/03/11*£3,006£2,233£774£634£610£6013.2160
31/03/10£2,276£2,306£-30£472£-164£-164-0.9150
31/03/09£2,234£2,228£6£401£-134£-134-0.7140
31/03/08£1,946£1,879£67£304£-140£-140-0.990
31/03/07*£1,618£1,523£95£307£-207£-207-1.690
31/03/06£1,853£1,724£129£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,512£1,448£64£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,177£1,284£-106£0£0£0n/a00
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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 ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 80 employees
  • 115 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 - 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
£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: 42-64
  • JAMES THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Technology Officer
  • NICK GOODWYN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Aviation Specialist / Flight Operations Manager
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
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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