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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-09 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£15M

-30.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£39M

+42.3% vs 2024

Employees

91

+7.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

Period ending 2025-03-31

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED 2012-08-20 → present
  2. VIRGIN H.E.M.S. (LONDON) LIMITED 1997-04-15 → 2012-08-20
  3. EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS H.E.M.S. LIMITED 1989-01-23 → 1997-04-15

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £24,077,000£25,991,000
Operating profit
Profit before tax
Net profit £7,296,000£11,833,000
Cash £22,235,000£15,429,000
Total assets less current liabilities £27,645,000£39,344,000
Net assets £27,645,000£39,344,000
Equity £27,645,000£39,344,000
Average employees 8591
Wages £4,668,000£5,304,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Net margin 30.3%45.5%
Current ratio 11.25x17.94x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Saffery LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“As a result, the Directors concluded that the charity and the group have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities and continue in operation to 31 December 2026.”

Group structure

  1. LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED · parent
    1. London's Air Ambulance Trading Limited 1% · UK · Selling of charity merchandise, sourcing of corporate sponsorships and the running of a weekly lottery.
    2. The Institute of Pre-Hospital Care Limited 1% · UK · Provision of training, research and education in pre-hospital medical care. Dormant since 30 November 2020.

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

9 active · 37 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CHADHA, Rita Director 2022-05-02 Sep 1972 English
FORSYTH, Robert Gordon Neil Stewart Director 2017-02-15 Mar 1959 British
GILL, Bianca Director 2022-05-02 May 1980 British
GOODWYN, Alexander Nicholas Director 2022-05-02 Jul 1964 British
GOSNEY, Margot Ann, Professor Director 2020-03-25 Oct 1959 British
HODGETTS, Tim, Brigadier Director 2020-03-25 Jul 1963 British
PITMAN, Gordon Rankin Director 2022-05-02 Apr 1977 Scottish
SHERRINGTON, Gemma Director 2020-03-25 Feb 1981 British
THOMAS, James Director 2020-03-25 Nov 1966 British
Show 37 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BURNS, John Macgregor Secretary 1996-06-21 1997-04-01
CAMERON, Andrew Secretary 2005-06-14 2009-08-20
GRAM, Peter Gerardus Secretary 2000-03-10 2005-06-14
JORDAN, Maxine Moore Secretary 2010-01-08 2017-12-23
LEGGE, Diana Patricia Secretary 1997-04-01 2000-03-10
RIPLEY, Susan Merle Secretary 1996-06-21
ADIGUN, Sheri Director 2022-05-02 2026-03-31
AMPTHILL, Geoffrey Denis Erskine, Lord Ampthill C.B.E. Director 1997-04-09
CAMERON, Andrew Director 1996-05-07
CHARRINGTON, Nicholas James Director 2016-09-05 2019-05-01
CRAWFORD, Caroline Elisabeth Director 2008-09-01 2010-02-23
DAVIES, Gareth Edward, Dr Director 1998-09-29 2019-03-31
JORDAN, Maxine Moore Director 2008-09-01 2017-12-23
LAVENDER, Paul Anthony Director 2009-05-20 2017-12-23
LOCKEY, David John, Professor Director 2005-12-21 2019-03-31
MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas Director 1998-09-29 2005-12-21
MCCARTHY, Rory Clement Director 1997-04-01 1998-09-29
MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew Director 1998-09-29 1999-01-27
OWEN, Edmund Paul Director 2017-02-15 2022-11-24
ROBERTSON, Hugh Director 2005-09-01 2008-07-21
ROCK, Alan Director 1993-12-06 1998-09-29
ROCK, Alan Director 1993-09-07
ROSSER, Bradley John Director 1997-04-01 1998-08-13
RUDD, Paul Frank Director 1997-04-01
SERGEANT, Paul Robert Charles Director 1997-04-09
SULLIVAN, Matthew St John Director 1997-10-15 1998-09-29
TAI, Alexander Mark Director 2005-11-28 2012-04-13
THOMPSON, Clive John Director 1997-04-01 1998-09-29
VICKERS, Mark Director 2013-01-31 2022-03-31
WALDEN, William Michael Director 2016-04-27 2022-07-25
WALKER, Adrian Keith Director 2017-02-15 2022-03-31
WALKER, Samantha Director 2013-01-31 2022-03-31
WEAVER, Anne Elizabeth, Doctor Of Medicine Director 2005-12-21 2014-07-03
WEISS, Michael Director 2009-05-20 2015-04-29
WHITEHORN, William Elliott Director 2003-07-09 2004-01-26
WILLIAMS, Jill Director 1997-10-15 2010-05-13
WILSON, Alastair Walter Director 1998-09-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 205 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-01-20 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-10-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-05-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-05-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-05-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-05-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-05-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-01-20 MA incorporation Memorandum articles

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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