--- title: "The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambula… rating | CharityCompare" description: "The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity scores 83/100 (Good). Latest accounts 2025: income £11m · 87% on charitable activities. Reg 1078685." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-dorset-and-somerset-air-ambulance-charity retrieved: 2026-08-18T01:37:51.106Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity a good charity? The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity scores 83/100 (4 stars, Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£11m total income, 87% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Taunton · UK-wide · TA21 9JQ | Reg [1078685](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-dorset-and-somerset-air-ambulance-charity) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.dsairambulance.org.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1078685) Donate ## How can you give to THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.dsairambulance.org.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1078685) ## What does The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity do? The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity (no. 1078685) working in health across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 87% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 55 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=the-dorset-and-somerset-air-ambulance-charity) **In short:** THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY scores 83 out of 100 (4 stars). 87% average program spend (3-year average). Filings are up to date with no major concerns. ## What is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity? The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity has a Clarity Score of 83 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars, Good). Charity Commission registration number 1078685. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Health. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £11m, with 87% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 55 months of operating costs. 1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 83/100 4★ · Good Cause spend 87% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Finance beacon Income £11m Latest year 2025 Reserves 55 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £7.5 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 13% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY scores higher than. Income band (£10m+)67thpercentile **Scores higher than 67% of 943 charities in its income band** · 83/100 vs 77 peer average (marker). Health charities68thpercentile **Scores higher than 68% of 528 charities in this cause** · 83/100 vs 76 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2025 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 10 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 50/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 0% | 55 months · 0/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 10/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 100% | 4% · 5/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 90/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 90% | 87% · 9/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 90% | 13p per £1 income · 9/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 104 volunteers / 25 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's Clarity Score? 83/100 total · Good · 4 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 100/100 Accountability & Transparency 50/100 Financial Health 90/100 Financial Efficiency 100/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight10 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 50/100 Reserves (months of cash)55 months · 0/15 pts Income stability / growth10/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets4% · 5/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 90/100 Program expense ratio87% · 9/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency13p per £1 income · 9/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio104 volunteers / 25 staff · 10/10 pts ## How much does The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity raise and spend? Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £11m | — | | Total expenditure | £10m | — | | Charitable activities | £8.5m | 84% | | Fundraising | £1.6m | 16% | | Governance & admin | £12k | 0% | 84%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2025) · £10m spent - Charitable activities84% · £8.5m - Fundraising16% · £1.6m - Governance0% · £12k ## What trust indicators does The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 10 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 25 employees · 104 volunteers (4:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1078685 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1078685) ### Trustees & officers - Simon Jones since 2018 - TRACEY KILLEN since 2021 - SUE HEYES since 2021 - SARAH DAY since 2021 - WENDY GREEN since 2021 - Martin John Lyne since 2023 - Richard James Marlow since 2023 - Heather Morecroft since 2025 - Michael Bradfield since 2025 - Andrew Sheridan since 2025 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity? Overall score 83/100 (4★) Income £11m Cause spend 87% of expenditure Reg number 1078685 Scope UK-wide Reserves 55 months Trustees 10 Accounts year 2025 Filing up to date ## How does THE DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY compare, and where else can you look? 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Is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity a good charity? + The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity scores 83 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 87% of its spending goes to charitable activities 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 The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity a legitimate charity? + Yes — The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1078685). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1078685. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's charity number? + The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's charity number is 1078685. 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 The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's charity rating? + The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity scores 83 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score V1 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 The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (1 filing concern(s) noted 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 The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, 87% of The Dorset and Somerset 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 The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's overheads? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 13% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 13% of total expenditure at The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity receive? + The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity reported £11m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity based? + The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity is listed at Taunton · UK-wide · TA21 9JQ and operates UK-wide, focused on health. How does CharityCompare score The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Charity? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Dorset and Somerset 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 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Dorset and Somerset 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.