WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY

Registered charity 1144097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q8023419 · Wikipedia · also known as WILTSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST

The charitys objects are the relief of sickness and injury and protection of human life by providing and supporting an air ambulance service for the county of Wiltshire and surrounding areas.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£4.8m

Latest spending

£6.4m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1.34m for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by softer voluntary giving and strategic cost increases. Despite this deficit, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £5.09m, which the trustees confirm are within their stated policy target of 12 months of planned expenditure. The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £90,001 - £100,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 months of planned expenditure, which we estimate to be £5m - £6m on an increasing trajectory (reserves figure: £5.1m)

“The current Reserves Policy is to hold 12 months of planned expenditure, which we estimate to be £5m - £6m on an increasing trajectory.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document states SWAST provides services valued at £511,245, included as income and cost. SWAST is a related party (NHS Trust with which the Charity has an SLA).

“£511,245 (2024 - £485,700) of the total represents the value of the obligated services provided under an SLA from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation (SWAST) to the operation of the charity.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Your Air Ambulance Ltd

“The Trading Subsidiary, Your Air Ambulance Limited, is responsible for all trading activities for the group.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 147
Employees paid over £60,000: 8 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 120
Employees paid over £60,000: 8 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 108
Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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

Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity reveals incident figures swindonadvertiser.co.uk · 11/07/2026
Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity to field record-breaking half marathon team swindonlink.com · 04/02/2026
Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity enhances pilot training with Bell 429 simulator airmedandrescue.com · 26/02/2025
Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity enhances pilot training with Bell 429 simulator verticalmag.com · 24/02/2025

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Barbara Gray — Chief Executive (source)
Maria Smith — Medical Director (source)
Giorgio Bendoni — Director of Aviation and Accountable Manager (source)
Danielle Friend — Director of Finance and Infrastructure (source)
Kellie Chandler — Director of People and Wellbeing (source)
Rebecca de la Bedoyere — Director of Income Generation (source)
Adam Baker — Director of Communications and Supporter Engagement (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.

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

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

Total income

£4.8m

Total spending

£6.4m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£5.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Graham Derek Seaman
Kevin Basnett
MICHAEL FELLOWS
Nicholas John Charlton
Oliver Findlay
Robert Kevan
Shelley Marie Rudman

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Dorset · Gloucestershire · Hampshire · North Somerset · Oxfordshire · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£4.8m	£6.4m
31/12/2024	£5.3m	£5.4m
31/12/2023	£8.9m	£5.3m
31/12/2022	£5.8m	£4.8m
31/10/2021	£4.3m	£4.2m

Common questions

Is WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1.34m for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by softer voluntary giving and strategic cost increases. Despite this deficit, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £5.09m, which the trustees confirm are within their stated policy target of 12 months of planned expenditure. The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

Who funds WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY as a grant recipient include COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION, THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/02/2013	£5k	Empowering Volunteers
UK government	—	£1.0m	LIBOR Air Ambulances 17/18

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	5	£41k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	3	£30k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	3	£10k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	2	£34k
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	2	£4k
THE JACK BRUNTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£264k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£250k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST.

WELSH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST income £17.0m
ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD income £2.0m
THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY income £10.8m
YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED income £12.3m
GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY income £7.1m
AIR AMBULANCE FOUNDATION UK income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY	£4.8m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	within	—	no doubt
WELSH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£17.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY FY2025	£10.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED FY2025	£12.3m	£100,001 - £110,000	14	unclear	19.0%	no doubt
GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY FY2025	£7.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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