HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE
Registered charity 1106234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED, HEART
THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2005 AND ITS AIM IS TO PROVIDE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS. THE AIR AMBULANCE BECAME OPERATIONAL ON 1ST JULY 2007 AND FLIES SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK, UP TO 19 HOURS A DAY RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS, TRAUMA AND SEVERE ILLNESS.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income reached £13.9 million, driven by a successful capital appeal and strong performance across other income streams. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £9.3 million, which the trustees confirm represents approximately nine months of operating expenditure, placing it within their stated policy range of three to ten months. The financial position is described as strong, with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Donations and Legacies (74% of income)
“Donations and Legacies (74%)” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 28.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on raising funds was £4,016k (2024: £3,858k) of which £4,016k (2024: £3,858k) was unrestricted and £Nil (2024: £Nil) was restricted.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to ten months of the forthcoming 12 months operating costs (held: £9.3m)
“The Trustees have determined that the charity should maintain free reserves equivalent to between three and ten months of the forthcoming 12 months operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by S&W Partners Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Richard Corbett — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Rebecca Brackwell-Slade — Chair (source)
- Sherie Williams Ellen — Deputy Chief Executive (source)
- Jennifer Terry — Director of Finance (source)
- Keith Wilson — Director of Income and Engagement (source)
- Chris Hill — Medical Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£4.0m
Reserves (reported)
£18.6m
Reported reserves equal ~18.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Benedict Rouse
- Benjamin Thomas Rogers
- David Wakeham
- Dr John Pike
- GRAHAM ALLEN HILL
- Isabel Boyer
- Louisa Smith
- Lucy Harridge
- Lucy Knowles-Vollentine
- Lucy Linington
- MRS GWEN MOULSTER
- Rebecca Brackwell-Slade
- Steven Vear
- Stuart Gray
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hampshire · Isle Of Wight
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income reached £13.9 million, driven by a successful capital appeal and strong performance across other income streams. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £9.3 million, which the trustees confirm represents approximately nine months of operating expenditure, placing it within their stated policy range of three to ten months. The financial position is described as strong, with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Partners Audit Limited.
Who funds HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE as a grant recipient include THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VINEHILL TRUST, THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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