Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust

Analysis

Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Llanelli. It was registered in November 2000, 26 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 04036600). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust reported income of £17.0m and spending of £19.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £13.2m to £17.0m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (£17.0m), Martin House (£17.0m) and Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust (£16.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 59%, donations and legacies 39% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.4m. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 32%. Reserves of £10.8m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 99 people.