AIR AMBULANCE FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1155345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of sickness and injury and protection of life by providing financial support to air ambulance services throughout the England and Wales.To raise awareness of the needs and future operations of air ambulance services.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND PROTECTION OF LIFE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS AND FUTURE OPERATIONS OF AIR AMBULANCES SERVICES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £943,196, which is significantly above the stated policy target of circa £50,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% of income)
“Donations and legacies 3 86,066” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: circa £50,000 (reserves figure: £943k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be circa £50,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Charity Commission investigation and appointment of Interim Manager
“The Charity has been subject to an investigation by the Charity Commission which is ongoing and an Interim Manager was appointed on 19 April 2023.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The provided text is a policy paper outlining the Charity Commission's power to appoint Interim Managers, rather than a specific regulatory case report or inquiry outcome. Consequently, there is no specific inquiry opened or outcome to summarize.
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

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.

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 30/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2023 (received 13/09/2024, 197 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 11/09/2024, 561 days after the 28/02/2023 due date); year ending 30/04/2021 (received 02/06/2022, 94 days after the 28/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£101k£12k
30/04/2024£211k£28k
30/04/2023£289k£33k
30/04/2022£36k£79k
30/04/2021£254k£19k

Common questions

Is AIR AMBULANCE FOUNDATION UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £943,196, which is significantly above the stated policy target of circa £50,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AIR AMBULANCE FOUNDATION UK£101k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
WELSH AIR AMBULANCE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£17.0m——within—no doubt
EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE FY2025£18.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY FY2025£10.8m——unclear—no doubt
LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED FY2025£26.0m£200,000 - £210,000—above—no doubt

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