Registered charity · Bucks
Thames Valley AIR Ambulance
- 12 trustees
- Income £9.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher Ian BannisterChair · since 2023
- Abimbola SowandeTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Barry ShoneTrustee · since 2021
- Hamish Roy Callender CormackTrustee · since 2023
- Jane CottonTrustee · since 2023
- Kay Frances HonnerTrustee · since 2025
- Lesley BolerTrustee · since 2019
- Paul John DilleyTrustee · since 2022
- Rebecca RiffelTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah Alys ConnaughtonTrustee · since 2023
- Simon Paul Le ClercTrustee · since 2026
- Vijay JassalTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
- Website
- www.tvairambulance.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Thames Valley AIR Ambulance
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9.8m£14m
- 2024£12m£12m
- 2023£11m£11m
Earlier years
- 2022£14m£15m
- 2020£9.7m£9.0m
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY:-3.1.1. THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE; AND3.1.2. THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF OTHER EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES, ANCILLARY TO OR RELATED TO THOSE SET OUT IN OBJECT 3.1.1, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE TRAINING OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN PRE-HOSPITAL CARE;(B) SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES FOR THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND INFANTSIN BERKSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Grants received
7 grants · £40,250 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
- SHAREGIFT · £15,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £15,000 (4 grants)
- CHK Foundation · £10,000
- Rothschild Foundation · £250
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Christopher Ian Bannister Chair since 2023
- Abimbola Sowande since 2023
- Christopher Barry Shone since 2021
- Hamish Roy Callender Cormack since 2023
- Jane Cotton since 2023
- Kay Frances Honner since 2025
- Lesley Boler since 2019
- Paul John Dilley since 2022
- Rebecca Riffel since 2023
- Sarah Alys Connaughton since 2023
- Simon Paul Le Clerc since 2026
- Vijay Jassal since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Lesley Boler since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Abimbola Sowande since 2023
- Christopher Barry Shone since 2021
- Hamish Roy Callender Cormack since 2023
- Kay Frances Honner since 2025
- Paul John Dilley since 2022
- Rebecca Riffel since 2023
- Sarah Alys Connaughton since 2023
- Simon Paul Le Clerc since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Christopher Ian Bannister Chair since 2023
- Jane Cotton since 2023
- Lesley Boler since 2019
- Vijay Jassal since 2022
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
8.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 22.2 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1084910
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/08/2000NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/08/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/09/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/03/2015 as amended on 29 Jun 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 04062250 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03009990135 · info@tvairambulance.org.uk
- 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.
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