Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust

Analysis

Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 2009, 17 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 07085879). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust reported income of £9.8m and spending of £8.2m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6.5m to £9.8m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust 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 Noble Tree Foundation Limited (£9.8m), North Devon Hospice (£9.8m) and The Royal Free Charity (£9.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82%, trading 17% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4.1m. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.