Common questions about Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex a good charity? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex scores 89 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 74% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex as a registered charity (charity number 1021367). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1021367&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's charity number? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's charity number is 1021367. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's charity rating? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex scores 89 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 74% of Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 18% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 18% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex. Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 17 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex receive? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex reported £24m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-11-21). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex based? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's registered contact address is in Maidstone (ME5 9SD). It tells the regulator it operates in East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, with a focus on health.
How much is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 17 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's money come from? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex reported £24m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £9.5m (39%), trading and fundraising events £9.1m (37%), other income £2.2m (9%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £5.4m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex? +
The register records Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's trustees paid? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex: Kent Air Ambulance Trust; Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust.
When was Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex registered as a charity? +
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex was entered on the register on 21 May 1993. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02803242).
How does CharityCompare score Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.