FRONT LINE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1107582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLEET

We raise funds from the public to buy the latest life support equipment for donation to the front line ambulances in Cornwall. We operate only in Cornwall.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL BY PROVIDING MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR USE AT ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES AND IN HOSPITALS, SURGERIES AND OTHER PLACES; ANDB) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR MEDICAL, PARAMEDICAL AND NURSING PERSONNEL.

Area of benefit: CORNWALL.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £271,494, which exceeds the charity's stated reserves policy target of £20,000. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £495,438 and reports a net income increase from £107,057 in 2024 to £104,718 in 2025, indicating stable operational funding.

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 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05260864

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Frontline Emergency Equipment Trust (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.

• MARTIN, Colin Angus — director, appointed 22/12/2020on trustee list
• MACDONALD, Angus, Dr — director, appointed 27/03/2019on trustee list
• PETTIGREW, David Alexander — director, appointed 27/03/2019on trustee list
• PITTS, Hilary Ann — director, appointed 24/04/2013not on trustee list
• BROWN, Alan Geoffrey — director, appointed 24/04/2013on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Robert George, Dr — director, appointed 15/11/2009on trustee list
• STEAD, Matthew Sumner, Dr — director, appointed 15/10/2009on trustee list
• MARTIN, Colin Angus — secretary, appointed 22/12/2020

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MATTHEW SUMNER STEADchair
• Alan Geoffrey Brown
• Colin Angus Martin
• DR ROBERT GEORGE TAYLOR
• David Alexander Pettigrew
• Dr Angus MacDonald · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ms H A Pitts

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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