The Air Ambulance Service

Analysis

The Air Ambulance Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04845905). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Air Ambulance Service reported income of £37.7m and spending of £35.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30.4m to £37.7m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. 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, The Air Ambulance Service sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Camphill Village Trust Limited (£37.2m), The Premier League Charitable Fund (£39.1m) and The Hospital Saturday Fund (£36.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 57%, donations and legacies 40% and investments 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8.5m. Charitable activities took 41% of spending and raising funds 58%. Reserves of £38.7m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 422 people.