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AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY KENT SURREY SUSSEX
Profile
- Company number
- 02803242
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1993-03-24
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trustees confirm that they consider the going concern basis to remain appropriate as the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Subsidiaries
- Air Ambulance Promotions Ltd · 100% held · England and Wales · Lottery and fundraising trading activities
Significant events
- “During 2024/25, KSS made 3,139 lifesaving missions and marked its 35th anniversary.”
- “Total income for the year was £24.4m, including £1.6m from a one-off profit share on a G-KSST helicopter loan settlement.”
- “The 'Buy it for Life' campaign was launched in April 2024, raising £2m for the purchase and running of the G-KSST helicopter after the previous aviation partner entered administration.”
- “KSS responded to an average of nine incidents per day, operating 24/7, across Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.”
- “The charity trained 80,000 people in CPR and defibrillator use as part of 'Restart a Heart Day' in 2024/25.”
- “Two peer-reviewed academic papers related to the Patient and Family Aftercare Service were published in November 2024.”
- “KSS launched a new Research and Innovation registry in summer 2024.”
- “Trials began in January 2025 to bring blood analysis to patients at the scene of incidents.”
- “KSS collaborated with NHS Blood and Transplant, the Ministry of Defence, and Air Ambulances UK on the Study of Whole Blood in Frontline Trauma trial.”
- “The 'Future Directions in HEMS' international conference was re-launched in June 2024.”
- “In August 2024, KSS joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority's 'Innovation Sandbox' to explore using drones for defibrillator delivery.”
- “KSS generated nearly 3,000 pieces of media coverage, achieving over one billion people in media reach.”
- “A world-exclusive BBC Radio 4 'Air Ambulance' documentary following KSS was broadcast.”
- “The most significant operational risk in 2024/25 was the transition of services to Gama after the previous provider entered administration in Jan 2024.”
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People
11 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, David Henry Barnaby | Director | 2017-11-30 | Sep 1971 | British |
| DOCHERTY, Michael Joseph | Director | 2019-08-01 | May 1974 | British |
| GARRY, Richard Jon | Director | 2025-05-16 | Feb 1970 | British |
| HALL, Nicholas Christopher | Director | 2022-03-09 | Nov 1971 | British,Australian |
| HENDERSON, Katherine Isabella Murray, Dr | Director | 2025-05-16 | Sep 1963 | British |
| MORGAN, David Arthur John | Director | 2022-03-09 | Sep 1964 | British |
| OAKES, Timothy Simon Neville | Director | 2016-08-30 | Jan 1953 | British |
| REDMAN, Jane Bethany | Director | 2022-03-09 | Nov 1972 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Paul | Director | 2025-05-16 | Sep 1969 | British |
| RHODES, Andrew, Professor | Director | 2019-03-14 | Oct 1966 | British |
| STYLES, Evelyn Boahemah | Director | 2022-09-07 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANNEY, Peter Julian Campbell | Secretary | 2007-03-12 | 2016-11-30 |
| CHIVERS, Kathleen | Secretary | 1993-03-24 | 2003-01-10 |
| CRAVEN, Elaine Barbara | Secretary | 2003-01-10 | 2007-02-23 |
| ALLINSON, Geraldine Ruth Pratt | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2010-08-03 |
| APPLEBY, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2021-06-17 | 2024-11-13 |
| BAKER, Mark Blackwell | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2006-05-29 |
| BALDWIN, Peter Robert, Sir | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1994-01-07 |
| BARRETT, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2022-12-07 |
| BARTON, David Elwyn | Director | 1993-03-24 | 2001-12-20 |
| BEAVIS, John Patrick, Doctor | Director | 1993-10-14 | 2001-12-20 |
| BLEWETT, Caitlin Marie | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2019-10-31 |
| BOORMAN, Edwin Roy Pratt | Director | 1993-03-24 | 2006-02-23 |
| BOWCOCK, Helen Ann, Doctor | Director | 2014-05-21 | 2021-12-08 |
| BOWDEN, David Brian Roden | Director | 2011-09-08 | 2017-06-27 |
| CANNEY, Peter Julian Campbell | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| CONDRY, Edward Francis, Rev'D Canon Dr | Director | 2007-07-09 | 2011-09-08 |
| CRAVEN, Elaine Barbara | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2007-02-23 |
| CRIPPS, Richard Anthony Jonathan | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2016-08-30 |
| DOCHERTY, Michael Joseph | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2018-07-24 |
| EVANS, Patrick Alexander Sidney, The Venerable | Director | 2005-10-19 | 2007-03-12 |
| FARRANT, Andrew Martyn | Director | 2016-03-10 | 2021-12-08 |
| FERGUSON, Nicola Jane | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2014-05-21 |
| FREIJ, Ramzi, Dr | Director | 2003-10-30 | 2009-03-18 |
| HIGGINI, Peter Matthew, Professor | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1993-07-30 |
| HOWMAN, Karl | Director | 2000-09-07 | 2003-07-29 |
| LATHAM, James Reginald | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1998-12-10 |
| LEE, Richard Royce | Director | 2022-03-09 | 2024-11-13 |
| LOUDON, James Rushworth Hope | Director | 2005-05-05 | 2019-03-14 |
| MARTIN, Caroline Mary | Director | 2008-02-04 | 2011-02-24 |
| MILLAR, Stuart William Sinclair, Doctor | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2019-06-20 |
| MITCHELL, Wendy, Dame | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1993-05-04 |
| MONTEUUIS, Anthony Hugh Verner | Director | 2004-10-27 | 2016-04-27 |
| PRIESTLEY, David Brian | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2006-05-23 |
| ROBINSON, Ian Rex | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1997-12-11 |
| SIMKINS, Susan Wendy | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2018-11-29 |
| STEWART, Patrick David | Director | 2016-08-30 | 2025-09-13 |
| STRACHAN, Colin John Logan | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2014-09-18 |
| VASUDAVEN, Bhargawa, Dr. | Director | 1998-04-09 | 2003-06-24 |
| WADE, Donald Allan | Director | 1996-12-12 | 2001-01-25 |
| WRIGHT, Donald John | Director | 1997-12-11 | 1999-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
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Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-27 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-12-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-09-21 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-03-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | statement of companys objects |
| 2022-03-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
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