Medical Emergency Doctor Service (Wales)
What it does
Provision of Immediate Medical Care to the people of South Wales, by providing volunteer highly trained doctors to be on 24hr call to the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.
Its charitable purposes
(1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ANY PERSON IN NEED (2) TO ASSIST AND PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FIRE BRIGADE, THE POLICE, AMBULANCE SERVICES STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE
Causes
- What it works on
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: In Practice Mid Glamorgan
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £56,284 and spent £67,387.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £56,284 | £67,387 | Not reported | 31 |
| 31 March 2024 | £50,599 | £37,053 | Not reported | 34 |
| 31 March 2023 | £34,763 | £29,991 | Not reported | 30 |
| 31 March 2022 | £16,520 | £23,091 | Not reported | 33 |
| 31 March 2021 | £26,299 | £17,780 | Not reported | 33 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 114%, from £26,299 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £56,284 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 120% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2006, worth at least £9,053.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2013 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £5,000 |
| 16 Oct 2006 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,053 |
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Carl Powell
- Dr IAN BOWLER
- John Solosy
- Matthew James Church
- Sian Guest
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 22 December 2025, 40 days early | Received 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 1 December 2023, 61 days early | Received 1 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 6 September 2022, 147 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 13 October 2021, 110 days early | Received 14 March 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1039032
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 27 June 1994
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 JUNE 1994
- Website
- www.medservewales.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.