Registered charity · Llanelli
Welsh AIR Ambulance Charitable Trust
2.1 The Objects of the Charity, for the public benefit, are the relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life, including by (but not limited to): a) The provision of emergency and specialised medical care; primarily but not...
- 14 trustees
- Income £17m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Welsh AIR Ambulance Charitable Trust. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Dr Kyle JacquesChair · since 2012
- Amanda Lee BurdgeTrustee · since 2020
- Catherine Marie KnowlesTrustee · since 2025
- Colonel James PhillipsTrustee · since 2024
- Craig Hampton StoneTrustee · since 2024
- David Gilbert OBETrustee
- David Patrick KeefeTrustee · since 2025
- Laura Helen DaviesTrustee · since 2024
- Luke SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Ian Ranson WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- Mark JamesTrustee
- Nia MorganTrustee · since 2025
- Paul HarrisTrustee · since 2024
- Sian Lowri LloydTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.walesairambulance.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Welsh AIR Ambulance Charitable Trust
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17m£20m
- 2024£17m£17m
- 2023£15m£15m
Earlier years
- 2022£15m£13m
- 2021£13m£12m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2.1 The Objects of the Charity, for the public benefit, are the relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life, including by (but not limited to): a) The provision of emergency and specialised medical care; primarily but not exclusively 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.
Grants received
16 grants · £83,500 total360Giving 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
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £30,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £26,750 (8 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £21,000 (3 grants)
- Community Foundation in Wales · £4,500
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £810
Most recent
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Dr Kyle Jacques Chair since 2012
- Amanda Lee Burdge since 2020
- Catherine Marie Knowles since 2025
- Colonel James Phillips since 2024
- Craig Hampton Stone since 2024
- David Gilbert OBE
- David Patrick Keefe since 2025
- Laura Helen Davies since 2024
- Luke Smith since 2025
- Mark James
- Mark Ian Ranson Wilson since 2025
- Nia Morgan since 2025
- Paul Harris since 2024
- Sian Lowri Lloyd since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Kyle Jacques Chair since 2012
- Amanda Lee Burdge since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Dr Kyle Jacques Chair since 2012
- Amanda Lee Burdge since 2020
- Colonel James Phillips since 2024
- Craig Hampton Stone since 2024
- David Gilbert OBE
- Laura Helen Davies since 2024
- Luke Smith since 2025
- Mark James
- Mark Ian Ranson Wilson since 2025
- Nia Morgan since 2025
- Paul Harris since 2024
- Sian Lowri Lloyd since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Catherine Marie Knowles since 2025
- David Patrick Keefe since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 13.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1083645
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 04036600 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03000152999 · enquiries@walesairambulance.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data