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

Latest income

£37.7m

Latest spending

£35.8m

Registered

2003

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£37.7m

Total spending

£35.8m

Cost of raising funds

£21.0m

Reserves (reported)

£38.7m

Employees

422

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

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

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£37.7m	£35.8m
31/12/2024	£35.9m	£37.6m
31/12/2023	£38.2m	£34.4m
31/12/2022	£33.6m	£27.3m
31/12/2021	£30.4m	£25.0m

Common questions

Who funds THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2025	£5k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2022	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	31/10/2024	£80k	Millionaire Street 2024 09w3