Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

Analysis

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 06386523). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity reported income of £7.1m and spending of £7.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £7.1m (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Coppafeel (£7.1m), Westway Trust (£7.1m) and Cleveland Clinic Philanthropy (UK) Ltd (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 51% and donations and legacies 48%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £368k. Charitable activities took 54% of spending and raising funds 43%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.