Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity

Analysis

Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in October 2011, 15 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 07805796). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity reported income of £4.8m and spending of £6.4m, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.3m to £4.8m (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance Charity sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St John and Red Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service (£4.8m), St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital (£4.8m) and Turner Home (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, trading 34% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.1m. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £5.1m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.