EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS

Registered charity 1047987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST ANGLIAN AMBULANCE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS, East of England Ambulance Service Charity

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£329k
Latest spending
£610k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity utilised accumulated reserves to cover a net expenditure deficit of £281,000, resulting in a reduction of total funds. The unrestricted reserves stood at £1,138,000 at the end of the year, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for the foreseeable future despite no specific target level being set.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£961k
Total spending
£448k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~41.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£329k£610k
31/03/2024£305k£633k
31/03/2023£961k£448k
31/03/2022£733k£421k
31/03/2021£389k£157k

Common questions

Is EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity utilised accumulated reserves to cover a net expenditure deficit of £281,000, resulting in a reduction of total funds. The unrestricted reserves stood at £1,138,000 at the end of the year, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for the foreseeable future despite no specific target level being set. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, JEAN AND GRAHAM TIDMAS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£559kGrants to members
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
JEAN AND GRAHAM TIDMAS FOUNDATIONFY2025£3krunning costs

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2018£25kQ-Volunteering Phase 2
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation07/12/2017£5kSecure the future of Luton Community First Responders
UK government—£25kQ-Volunteering Phase 2

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS£329k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£657k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE FY2025£18.8m——unclear—no doubt
ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITIES FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
ELFT CHARITY FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.