Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust

The relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life, including by: a) the provision of emergency and specialised medical care; primarily by the provision and support of both road vehicles and air ambulances in Wales; and b) the provision of follow up support to those patients, and their relatives, who have received road vehicle and/or air ambulance support from the Charity.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 July 2025, it had income of £17,009,790 and spent £19,707,613.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 29%, from £13,157,000 in the year to 31 July 2021 to £17,009,790 in the year to 31 July 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 116% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Wrexham County Borough Council gave £150,000 in the year to 31 July 2024, 1% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 July 2025: £143,298 from 3 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 July 2024, the charity named 1 funder who gave £150,000. £150,000 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 18 grants to this charity since 2018, worth at least £98,500.

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Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £480, on 11 March 2022.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 11 January 2023

  Named by Cefin Campbell in the Senedd

  …about the implications of any centralisation plans. I would urge Welsh Government, therefore, to work with its NHS partners and the Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust to ensure that any reorganisation does not endanger the lives of people living in mid and west Wales. Rwy'n bryderus, felly, y bydd…

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• 11 January 2023

  Named by Janet Finch-Saunders in the Senedd

  …he constituents also of Aberconwy—our thanks and our appreciation for the vital contribution of our air ambulance service. Now, the Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust, and every single team member, provide an essential life-saving emergency medical service for the critically ill and injured across…

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14 trustees run the charity.

• Dr KYLE JACQUESChairAppointed 25 May 2012
• Amanda Lee BurdgeAppointed 21 April 2020
• Catherine Marie KnowlesAppointed 16 April 2025
• Colonel James PhillipsAppointed 29 October 2024
• Craig Hampton StoneAppointed 29 October 2024
• David Gilbert OBE
• David Patrick KeefeAppointed 2 July 2025
• Laura Helen DaviesAppointed 23 September 2024
• Luke SmithAppointed 16 April 2025
• Mark Ian Ranson WilsonAppointed 2 July 2025
• Mark James
• Nia MorganAppointed 16 April 2025
• Paul HarrisAppointed 29 October 2024
• Sian Lowri LloydAppointed 15 July 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1083645

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

24 November 2000

Governing document

MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 JULY 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 MAR 2017 as amended on 08 Aug 2025

Company number

04036600This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.walesairambulance.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin