First Air Ambulance Service Trust (Faast)

Analysis

First Air Ambulance Service Trust (Faast) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, First Air Ambulance Service Trust (Faast) reported income of £203k and spending of £203k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £32k to £203k (+535%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, First Air Ambulance Service Trust (Faast) sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Bolton (£202k), Al Hikmah Learning Centre (£203k) and The Abta Benevolent Fund (£202k).