The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Great Western AIR Ambulance Charity

Registered charity 1121300 Registered since 2007

Operates: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Transport 9Health and social care 8Finance 6

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.7m 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.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.3 in 2020

53 from 18 in 2020
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.greatwesternairambulance.com
Emailinfo@greatwesternairambulance.com
Phone03034444999
AddressCounty Gates, 3rd Floor, Ashton Road, Bristol, BS3 2JH

Finances

£6,684,057 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£4,136,642£3,636,466
2021£3,971,891£4,076,073
2022£4,531,259£4,621,373
2023£5,379,252£5,690,834
2024£6,684,057£6,499,435

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE OR OTHER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION PRIMARILY IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE FORMER GREAT WESTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST NAMELY BRISTOL, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, NORTH SOMERSET, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND PARTS OF WILTSHIRE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 OCTOBER 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 MAR 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Great Western AIR Ambulance Charity · 06386523 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/10/2007

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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