East Anglian Air Ambulance

Analysis

East Anglian Air Ambulance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. 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 04066700). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, East Anglian Air Ambulance reported income of £18.8m and spending of £18.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £14.2m to £18.8m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, East Anglian Air Ambulance 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 United Talmudical Associates Ltd (£18.7m), Dawat-E-Hadiyah Trust (United Kingdom) (£18.9m) and Target Housing Limited (£18.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, trading 37% and investments 4.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5.1m. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £19.4m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 135 people.