THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE
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Cash
£19M
-0.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£39M
+5.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
422
-10% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.1M
+263.4% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £35,902,000 | £37,684,000 | +5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,761,000 | -£1,683,000 | £1,931,000 | +214.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,438,000 | -£1,288,000 | £2,104,000 | +263.4% | |
| Net profit | £4,389,000 | -£1,288,000 | £2,153,000 | +267.2% | |
| Cash | £21,526,000 | £18,718,000 | £18,592,000 | -0.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,044,000 | £37,865,000 | £39,977,000 | +5.6% | |
| Net assets | £38,385,000 | £37,097,000 | £39,250,000 | +5.8% | |
| Equity | £38,385,000 | £37,097,000 | £39,250,000 | +5.8% | |
| Average employees | 445 | 469 | 422 | -10% | |
| Wages | £10,238,000 | £11,656,000 | £11,686,000 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £385,000 | £553,000 | £879,000 | +59% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -4.7% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -3.6% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | -4.4% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 14.76x | 14.02x | 14.51x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE 2012-04-27 → present
- WARWICKSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE 2003-07-25 → 2012-04-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees consider that adequate reserves continue to be available to fund the activities of the charity and group for the foreseeable future and believe no material uncertainties exist. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE · parent
- The Air Ambulance Service Trading Limited 100%
- The Air Ambulance Service Events Limited 100%
- The Air Ambulance Service Recycling Limited 100%
- The Air Ambulance Service Aviation Limited 100%
- National Children's Air Ambulance Limited 100%
- Central England Air Ambulance Limited
- Heart of England Air Ambulance Limited
- TAA Service
- The Children's Air Ambulance
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Peta Wendy | Secretary | 2024-12-05 | — | — |
| ALLISON, Robert John, Professor | Director | 2022-02-02 | Feb 1961 | British |
| BAUMANN, Sarah Louise | Director | 2022-12-21 | May 1974 | British |
| FRADGLEY, Anthony Kevin | Director | 2023-12-11 | Jun 1968 | British |
| HOYLE, Andrew | Director | 2022-12-21 | Jan 1974 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Christina | Director | 2022-12-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
| TENNENT, John Charles Roger | Director | 2022-03-14 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WALMSLEY, Joanna | Director | 2023-12-11 | Nov 1975 | British |
| WELLS, Phill | Director | 2022-03-14 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURCHNALL, Catherine | Secretary | 2014-04-23 | 2014-09-10 |
| BURCHNALL, Catherine | Secretary | 2012-05-23 | 2013-12-18 |
| JOHNSTONE, Christine | Secretary | 2014-09-10 | 2015-11-30 |
| MILLER, Roger | Secretary | 2003-07-25 | 2012-05-23 |
| STEED, Karen | Secretary | 2013-12-18 | 2014-02-24 |
| ATKINS, Deborah | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2023-06-08 |
| BANDTOCK, Neil John Grant | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2023-03-01 |
| BOXELL, Timothy Sean | Director | 2022-12-21 | 2025-12-02 |
| BRADLEY, Margaret | Director | 2019-03-17 | 2022-10-21 |
| BUNTING, Nicholas John | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2008-09-30 |
| BURGOYNE, Michael | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2020-03-04 |
| CLAYTON, Richard | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2012-05-23 |
| CLAYTON, Richard | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2014-06-11 |
| COOKE, Craig Darren | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2010-03-24 |
| DODD, Richard James | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2012-05-23 |
| DUNN, Andrew David | Director | 2014-06-11 | 2016-07-06 |
| FAIRCLIFFE, Christopher Maxwell | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2022-05-17 |
| GRANT, Roma | Director | 2023-12-11 | 2025-11-14 |
| HARDING, Rebecca Allison | Director | 2015-09-09 | 2017-01-17 |
| HAZELL, Malcolm John | Director | 2003-07-25 | 2010-03-24 |
| HOLDCROFT, Philip | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2023-03-01 |
| HUNTER, Yvonne | Director | 2003-07-25 | 2007-03-14 |
| JAFFRI, Faisal, Dr | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2023-12-06 |
| JOHNSTONE, Patricia Anne | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2013-04-29 |
| JONES, Royston Delwyn, Doctor | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2020-05-20 |
| JONES, Stephen Brinley | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2013-03-04 |
| LEECH, Caroline, Dr | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2012-07-03 |
| MAJITHIA, Anil Kalyanji | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2022-09-07 |
| MARSHALL, Claire | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| MILLER, Roger Paul | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2012-05-23 |
| MOYLETT, Nina Leonora | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2018-03-01 |
| NEWMAN, Adam James | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2022-09-07 |
| POPE, Alexandra | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2010-03-16 |
| RIDER, John William | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2014-02-16 |
| RIPLEY, Peter James | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2010-03-24 |
| SPOONER, Kerry Madeline | Director | 2014-06-11 | 2015-06-10 |
| SURENDRA KUMAR, Dhushyanthan, Dr | Director | 2005-02-02 | 2012-06-13 |
| TOLLEY, Dominic | Director | 2009-11-05 | 2011-02-22 |
| WHATMORE, Peter Robin | Director | 2018-11-21 | 2024-11-20 |
| WILLIAMS, John Leonard | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2021-06-02 |
| WILLIAMSON, Andrew Charles | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| WILSON, Paul | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2018-09-12 |
| WILSON, Paul | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2012-05-23 |
| WRIGHT, David Ernest | Director | 2003-07-25 | 2009-02-18 |
| WYSE, Matthew Kevin | Director | 2003-07-25 | 2010-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.