SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1059933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUSSEX AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND

To apply income for any charitable purpose relating to the National Health Service wholly or mainly for the services provided by the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust, for expenditure which the Trust does not and cannot obtain funding. In furthering these objectives the Charity seeks to apply expenditure only where a public benefit will ensue, directly or indirectly.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE RELATING TO THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST WITHIN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£244k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £61k for the year, reducing its total funds from £241k to £181k. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, citing sufficient cash reserves to meet liabilities for at least 12 months even without further funding. The charity relies on the NHS Foundation Trust for administration, incurring an £8k recharge and holding £804k in creditors for costs paid on its behalf.

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 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£184k£244k
31/03/2024£99k£303k
31/03/2023£456k£192k
31/03/2022£25k£147k
31/03/2021£205k£164k

Common questions

Is SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £61k for the year, reducing its total funds from £241k to £181k. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, citing sufficient cash reserves to meet liabilities for at least 12 months even without further funding. The charity relies on the NHS Foundation Trust for administration, incurring an £8k recharge and holding £804k in creditors for costs paid on its behalf. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2018£5kQ-Volunteering Phase 2
UK government—£45kQ-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 CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND£184k——unclear—no doubt
SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE CHARITY FY2025£368k—0above—no doubt
EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH EAST AMBULANCE SERVICE TRUST FUND FY2025£281k——unclear—no doubt
EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE FY2025£18.8m——unclear—no doubt
EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£225k——unclear—no doubt

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