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Registered charity · Somerset

The Dorset and Somerset AIR Ambulance Charity

3. The objects for which the Charity is established are the relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life by the provision or support of an air ambulance service, not exclusively but principally by aircraft, for the benefit of the...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £11m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and more
Website
www.dsairambulance.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Dorset & Somerset AIR Ambulance Charity
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11m£10m
  • 2024£9.4m£9.8m
  • 2023£8.7m£8.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£10m£7.9m
  • 2021£9.2m£6.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. The objects for which the Charity is established are the relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life by the provision or support of an air ambulance service, not exclusively but principally by aircraft, for the benefit of the population of the Counties of Dorset and Somerset.

Grants received

10 grants · £20,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

3.7y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 13Business services 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£11.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

52.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 71.7 in 2021

25 from 19 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1078685
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 DECEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 JUNE 2007, 13 MARCH 2009 AND 18 SEPTEMBER 2009 as amended on 06 May 2021 as amended on 12 Sep 2023
Companies House
Company number 03893356 · Active
Contact on the register
01823669604 · info@dsairambulance.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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