THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE

Registered charity 1098874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL ENGLAND AIR AMBULANCE, DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND AIR AMBULANCE, NATIONAL CHILDREN'S AIR AMBULANCE, THE CENTRAL ENGLAND AIR AMUBLULANCE, WARWICKSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE

Operator of two Helicopter Emergency Services, and the Children's Air Ambulance transfer service.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme with no disclosed deficit. The trustees have assessed the group's ability to continue as a going concern and used the going concern basis of accounting, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance service rated outstanding bbc.co.uk · 08/03/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04845905

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Air Ambulance Service (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALMSLEY, Joanna — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
• FRADGLEY, Anthony Kevin — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
• SHEPPARD, Christina — director, appointed 21/12/2022on trustee list
• BAUMANN, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 21/12/2022on trustee list
• HOYLE, Andrew — director, appointed 21/12/2022on trustee list
• WELLS, Phill — director, appointed 14/03/2022on trustee list
• TENNENT, John Charles Roger — director, appointed 14/03/2022on trustee list
• ALLISON, Robert John, Professor — director, appointed 02/02/2022not on trustee list
• WILKINSON, Peta Wendy — secretary, appointed 05/12/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Air Ambulance Service — Registered, 3 registered locations, 4 regulated activities, last inspected 24/08/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 55.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance Nottingham Base: Outstanding (03/11/2023) · CQC record
• Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance & Children's Air Ambulance: Outstanding (08/03/2024) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hoyle
• Anthony Fradgley
• Christina Sheppard
• JOHN CHARLES ROGER TENNENT
• Joanna Walmsley
• Phill Wells
• Professor Robert Allison CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Baumann

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH WEST AIR AMBULANCE.

• NORTH WEST AIR AMBULANCE income £15.6m
• ESSEX & HERTS AIR AMBULANCE TRUST income £16.9m
• EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE income £18.8m
• AIR AMBULANCE FOUNDATION UK income £101k
• ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD income £2.0m
• LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED income £26.0m

Side by side with its peers

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