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Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1121300 .
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Description

Provision of funds to sustain critical care operations for the Great Western Air Ambulance based in Bristol and covering Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, and providing secondary support for the county of Wiltshire.

Also known as

  • Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
  • Great Western Air Ambulance
  • Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
  • The Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

CCEW Charity number

1121300

Company number

06386523

Registered

Postcode

BS3 2JH

Website

greatwesternairambulance.com

Domain

greatwesternairambulance.com

Latest income

£5,379,252 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1121300 .
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An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1121300 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

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Last updated 2024-05-04

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • General ambulatory health-care services C11

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Health HE » Health services HE300 » Ambulance service HE302
  • Saving of lives SL » Emergency services SL101

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • Regional

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2007-10-19 Registered as a charity
2008-10-31 51,792 78,110
2009-10-31 530,572 609,383
2010-10-31 953,212 872,893
2011-12-31 1,379,873 1,261,115
2012-12-31 1,648,242 1,635,336
2013-12-31 2,010,000 1,589,000
2014-12-31 2,629,154 1,821,652
2015-12-31 3,050,912 2,509,317
2016-12-31 3,733,910 2,778,728
2017-12-31 4,324,658 3,175,197
2018-12-31 4,164,176 3,313,535
2019-12-31 3,719,033 3,664,917
2020-12-31 4,136,642 3,636,466
2021-12-31 3,971,891 4,076,073
2022-12-31 4,531,259 4,621,373
2023-12-31 5,379,252 5,690,834
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 42 34
Employees paid more than £60,000 1 1
Volunteers 240 183
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1,813.1 1,414.0
Legacies 685.0 505.2
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 2,498.1 1,919.2
Income from charitable activities - -
Income from other trading activities 2,819.4 2,566.5
Income from investments 61.8 45.5
Other income - -
Total 5,379.3 4,531.3
Expenditure
Investment management 21.0 21.4
Other spending on raising funds 2,152.3 1,736.4
Spending on raising funds 2,173.3 1,757.8
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 3,517.6 2,863.6
Charitable activities 3,517.6 2,863.6
Other spending - -
Total 5,690.8 4,621.4
Net income / (expenditure) (311.6) (90.1)

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 2,229.8 2,185.6
Investment assets 2,393.0 2,454.6
4,622.8 4,640.2
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 532.5 516.0
Other current assets 402.2 427.2
934.7 943.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (731.9) (549.7)
Net current assets 202.8 393.5
Total assets less current liabilities 4,825.6 5,033.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 4,825.6 5,033.7
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 269.4 242.5
Unrestricted funds 4,556.2 4,791.2
4,825.6 5,033.7

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 38,744 61,745
Government grants as % of total income 0.7% 1.4%
Number of government grants 25 19

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

Grants received

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Received 23 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Dulverton Trust
Local Appeal
£3,000 Operations in Gloucestershire
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed
£250 Grant to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
The Dulverton Trust
Local Appeal
£3,000
-1.9672131147540983 months
Mission costs in Gloucestershire
Mar 2023 to Dec 2022
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed
£500 Grant to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
Co-operative Group £2,234 Grant to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme
£6,163 GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
The Dulverton Trust
Local Appeal
£5,500
10.918032786885245 months
Operations in Gloucestershire
Feb 2022 to Dec 2022
Department of Health and Social Care
Air Ambulance Capital 21-22 to 22-23
£10,369 Air Ambulance Capital 21-22 - Great Western
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme
£1,500 GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
Quartet Community Foundation
North Somerset Community Partnership Fund Grant
£20,000
1 year
Critical Care Missions in North Somerset
Jan 2020 to Dec 2021

Data source

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Great Western Air Ambulance Charity

GB-CHC-1121300

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