WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
Registered charity 1144097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the Trustees are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and have used the going concern basis of accounting. The independent auditor's report confirms that the audit was conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) and provides an opinion on the financial statements.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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.
- 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
Common questions
Is WILTSHIRE AND BATH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trustees are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and have used the going concern basis of accounting. The independent auditor's report confirms that the audit was conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) and provides an opinion on the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
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
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