THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£977K
-38.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£384K
-70.8% vs 2023
Employees
332
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£718K
-52.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE TRADING LIMITED 2011-09-28 → present
- HELIMED TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2009-08-12 → 2011-09-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,774,939 | £11,368,738 | |
| Operating profit | £1,512,321 | £718,242 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,512,321 | £718,242 | |
| Net profit | £1,463,631 | £718,242 | |
| Cash | £1,588,544 | £976,999 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,974,071 | £1,078,723 | |
| Net assets | £1,315,762 | £383,750 | |
| Equity | £1,315,762 | £383,750 | |
| Average employees | 326 | 332 | |
| Wages | £5,827,307 | £6,314,412 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 76.6% | 66.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.25x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During the year a new concept 'store of the future' was opened in West Bridgeford. Our Melton Mowbray store, won shop of the year for the Charity Retail Association awards, with our Doncaster store also nominated. There was a new strategy for store expansion and new processes to improve the warehouse and distribution.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Peta Wendy | Secretary | 2024-12-05 | — | — |
| HUNT, Rosalind | Director | 2021-05-13 | Mar 1972 | British |
| JONES, Elizabeth | Director | 2024-03-07 | Oct 1980 | British |
| KEPPEL-COMPTON, Helen Louise | Director | 2023-02-14 | Apr 1965 | British |
| TENNENT, John Charles Roger | Director | 2022-05-25 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURCHNALL, Catherine | Secretary | 2012-05-23 | 2014-09-10 |
| JOHNSTONE, Christine | Secretary | 2014-09-10 | 2015-11-30 |
| MILLER, Roger | Secretary | 2009-08-11 | 2012-05-23 |
| BANDTOCK, Neil | Director | 2017-02-08 | 2023-02-14 |
| FAIRCLIFFE, Christopher Maxwell | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2022-05-17 |
| KEMPINSKA, Maria Zofia | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2018-11-21 |
| MARSHALL, Claire | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2012-04-02 |
| MILLER, Roger Paul | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2012-05-23 |
| PEAKE, Emma Louise | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2023-07-31 |
| POPE, Alexandra | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2018-05-17 |
| TAILOR, Kiran | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2023-09-27 |
| TOFT, Alexis | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2014-04-23 |
| WILLIAMS, John Leonard | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2022-05-17 |
| WILLIAMSON, Andrew Charles | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2012-09-19 |
| WILSON, Paul | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2021-02-03 |
| WOLTER-FERGUSON, Sharon | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2019-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Air Ambulance Service | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-11%
£12,774,939 £11,368,738
-
Cash
-38.5%
£1,588,544 £976,999
-
Net assets
-70.8%
£1,315,762 £383,750
-
Employees
+1.8%
326 332
-
Operating profit
-52.5%
£1,512,321 £718,242
-
Profit before tax
-52.5%
£1,512,321 £718,242
-
Wages
+8.4%
£5,827,307 £6,314,412
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