Registered charity · Birmingham
Association of AIR Ambulances (Charity) LTD
Association of AIR Ambulances (Charity) LTD is a registered charity (number 1161153) based in Birmingham, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £2.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Aaac, AIR Ambulances UK (Charity Commission)
4. The charity's objects (Objects) are specifically restricted to relieving sickness and injury in the UK by: 4.1 assisting in the provision of financial and other support to established local air ambulance services, including, but not limited to...
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alan WilkesTrustee · since 2026
- Andrew William HicksTrustee · since 2023
- Bernadette O'SullivanTrustee · since 2024
- Charles HackettTrustee · since 2026
- Kate LeachTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Peta WilkinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Richard CorbettTrustee · since 2026
- Sarah ThewlisTrustee · since 2025
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
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.airambulancesuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Association of AIR Ambulances (Charity) LTD
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.9m
- 2024£1.6m£981k
- 2023£899k£1.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£914k
- 2021£725k£369k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
4. The charity's objects (Objects) are specifically restricted to relieving sickness and injury in the UK by: 4.1 assisting in the provision of financial and other support to established local air ambulance services, including, but not limited to making grants available to Air Ambulance Charities, NHS Trusts and ambulance Trusts; and 4.2 the delivery of related services to improve patient outcomes, including but not limited to the running of conferences and dissemination of information.
Grants received
2 grants · £6,010,000 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
- Department of Health and Social Care · £6,000,000
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alan Wilkes since 2026
- Andrew William Hicks since 2023
- Bernadette O'Sullivan since 2024
- Charles Hackett since 2026
- Kate Leach since 2026
- Matthew Jones since 2025
- Peta Wilkinson since 2025
- Richard Corbett since 2026
- Sarah Thewlis since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alan Wilkes since 2026
- Andrew William Hicks since 2023
- Charles Hackett since 2026
- Kate Leach since 2026
- Matthew Jones since 2025
- Richard Corbett since 2026
- Sarah Thewlis since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Bernadette O'Sullivan since 2024
- Peta Wilkinson 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
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 21.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161153
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/01/2015 as amended on 31 Dec 2019 as amended on 05 May 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 09391251 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01564339958 · info@airambulancesuk.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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