SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY

Registered charity 1049778 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST, TWO SHIRES AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST

For charitable purposes relating to the general or any specific purposes of the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust or to purposes relating to the health service.

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Latest income

£368k

Latest spending

£674k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income dropped significantly to £368,000 from £1,598,000 in the prior year, resulting in a net outgoing of £306,000. Despite this deficit, the charity's free unrestricted reserves stood at £646,000, which is above the stated policy target range of £300,000 to £500,000.

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 — South Central Ambulance Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£847k

Cost of raising funds

£117k

Reserves (reported)

£886k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~12.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (31/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£368k	£674k
31/03/2024	£1.6m	£847k
31/03/2023	£495k	£610k
31/03/2022	£989k	£885k
31/03/2021	£559k	£589k

Common questions

Is SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income dropped significantly to £368,000 from £1,598,000 in the prior year, resulting in a net outgoing of £306,000. Despite this deficit, the charity's free unrestricted reserves stood at £646,000, which is above the stated policy target range of £300,000 to £500,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2021	£50k	Grants to members

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£31k
GENESYS LEGACY PROJECT LTD	1	£50k
THE CAMELIA BOTNAR FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	1	£17k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	1	£15k
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust	1	£15k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£14k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£13k

Charities like this

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

SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND income £184k
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND income £657k
SOUTH WESTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE FOUNDATION TRUST FUND income £391k
EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS income £329k
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex income £24.4m
THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY income £11.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY	£368k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£657k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH WESTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE FOUNDATION TRUST FUND FY2025	£391k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt
EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025	£329k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex FY2025	£24.4m	—	17	within	17.5%	no doubt

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