Common questions about Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity a good charity? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity scores 91 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 76% 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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity as a registered charity (charity number 1017501). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1017501&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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's charity number? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's charity number is 1017501. 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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's charity rating? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity scores 91 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity. 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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 76% of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity'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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 24% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 25% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity receive? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity reported £13m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity based? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's registered contact address is in Lincoln (LN4 2GW). It tells the regulator it operates in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, with a focus on health.
How much is Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's money come from? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity reported £13m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £7.1m (54%), charitable activities £5.5m (41%), trading and fundraising events £394k (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £3.9m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity? +
The register records Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity 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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's trustees paid? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity: The Lincolnshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust; The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust.
When was Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity registered as a charity? +
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity was entered on the register on 19 February 1993. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02788157).
How does CharityCompare score Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity'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 Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity'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.