Association of Air Ambulances (Charity) Ltd

Analysis

Association of Air Ambulances (Charity) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 2015, 11 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 09391251). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Association of Air Ambulances (Charity) Ltd reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.9m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £725k to £2.0m (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Association of Air Ambulances (Charity) Ltd sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hywel Dda Health Charities (£2.0m), Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (£2.0m) and Sentebale (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and charitable activities 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £540k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £856k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.