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LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1061191 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as London Ambulance Charity

TO HOLD THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND AT ITS DISCRETION, SO FAR AS MAY BE PERMISSIBLE, THE CAPITAL, FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.

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

Latest income
£657k
Latest spending
£385k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £272,000 for the year, resulting in total funds of £1,257,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy targets covering 12 months of committed operating expenditure, with unrestricted reserves held at £430,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of committed operating expenditure (held: £430k)
“The Trustees have agreed that the level of the reserves should cover the next 12 months committed operating expenditure.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — London Ambulance Service Voluntary Responder Group (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£657k
Total spending
£385k
Cost of raising funds
£100k
Reserves (reported)
£430k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£657k£385k
31/03/2024£158k£224k
31/03/2023£554k£291k
31/03/2022£1.1m£559k
31/03/2021£377k£363k

Common questions

Is LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £272,000 for the year, resulting in total funds of £1,257,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's reserves policy targets covering 12 months of committed operating expenditure, with unrestricted reserves held at £430,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Who funds LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND as a grant recipient include THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£35k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£564k
JEAN AND GRAHAM TIDMAS FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND£657k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
LHA LONDON LTD FY2025£19.8m——unclear—no doubt
HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£340k—0unclear—no doubt
DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£706k—0within—no doubt
SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt

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