Thames Valley Air Ambulance

Analysis

Thames Valley Air Ambulance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bucks. It was registered in February 2001, 25 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 04062250). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Thames Valley Air Ambulance reported income of £12.8m and spending of £13.6m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £13.9m to £12.8m (-7.7%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Thames Valley Air Ambulance 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 The Terrence Higgins Trust (£12.8m), St Giles Hospice (£12.8m) and Dove House Hospice Limited (£12.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65% and trading 34%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.2m. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 32%. Reserves of £8.7m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 137 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.