Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity

Analysis

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02788157). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity reported income of £13.3m and spending of £12.0m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.5m to £13.3m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Catherine's Hospice Limited (£13.3m), The King's Fund (£13.3m) and The Mike Gooley Trailfinders Charity (£13.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54%, charitable activities 41%, trading 3.0% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.9m. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £11.8m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.