ESSEX & HERTS AIR AMBULANCE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-30 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-16
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-29.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£51M
-4.1% vs 2024
Employees
93
+14.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,524,819 | £16,902,746 | |
| Operating profit | £3,781,115 | -£1,365,146 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £5,883,508 | -£2,147,755 | |
| Cash | £3,449,241 | £2,425,475 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £52,765,123 | £50,617,368 | |
| Equity | £52,765,123 | £50,617,368 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 93 | |
| Wages | £3,085,439 | £3,774,463 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £560,809 | £775,212 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-13.4%
£19,524,819 £16,902,746
-
Cash
-29.7%
£3,449,241 £2,425,475
-
Net assets
-4.1%
£52,765,123 £50,617,368
-
Employees
+14.8%
81 93
-
Operating profit
-136.1%
£3,781,115 -£1,365,146
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Wages
+22.3%
£3,085,439 £3,774,463
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.4% | -8.1% | |
| Net margin | 30.1% | -12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.4% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.67x | 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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ESSEX & HERTS AIR AMBULANCE TRUST 2007-04-30 → present
- ESSEX AIR AMBULANCE TRUST 2005-03-18 → 2007-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the parent charitable 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.”
Group structure
- ESSEX & HERTS AIR AMBULANCE TRUST · parent
- Essex and Herts Flight For Life Lottery Limited 1%
- Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trading Limited 1%
- Essex & Herts Flight For Life Lottery Operations Limited 1%
- Essex & Herts Flight For Life Lottery Critical Care Limited 1%
Significant events
- “In June 2024 our new AW169 aircraft became operational flying out of our Earls Colne airbase.”
- “To celebrate the arrival of our new aircraft we held a "Heli-bration" event at Hatfield House which attracted over 5,000 visitors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALDER, Clare | Secretary | 2025-09-30 | — | — |
| HAYWARD, Darren Mark | Director | 2009-07-28 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MARFLEET, Roy John | Director | 2018-03-22 | May 1957 | British |
| MCHUGH, Tony | Director | 2025-06-25 | May 1965 | British |
| SMITH, Claire Louise | Director | 2018-09-20 | Jun 1978 | British |
| TENNENS, Michelle Ann | Director | 2022-12-07 | Mar 1967 | British |
| TROWER, Jonathan Charles Gosselin | Director | 2016-09-06 | May 1958 | British |
| TUNNINGLEY, Andrew James | Director | 2018-09-20 | Mar 1967 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Alwen, Dame | Director | 2025-09-24 | Dec 1957 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALIGA, Lesley | Secretary | 2015-10-26 | 2015-12-16 |
| BOUNDS, Andrew John | Secretary | 2006-10-31 | 2012-05-29 |
| CROZIER, David Stephen | Secretary | 2005-03-18 | 2006-10-31 |
| CURRY, Linda | Secretary | 2012-05-29 | 2015-10-28 |
| PLAYFORD, Brenda Patricia | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2025-09-15 |
| ARORA, Prakash Chandra | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2006-10-25 |
| CABORN, Philip Christopher | Director | 2006-10-26 | 2020-09-10 |
| COURTAULD, George | Director | 2005-08-23 | 2006-10-22 |
| DOBIE, Clare Juliet | Director | 2008-04-10 | 2018-09-20 |
| ESTRIN, Ellisa | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2025-11-20 |
| FORSYTH, Robert Simon | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2018-03-22 |
| FREIJ, Ramzi Mounir, Dr | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2025-02-13 |
| FREIJ, Ramzi, Dr | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2008-12-11 |
| GILHAM, Clive Martin | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2025-09-24 |
| GILHAM, Clive Martin | Director | 2015-04-21 | 2016-01-23 |
| PARKER ADCOCK, Kim Simone | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2010-02-23 |
| RICHARDS, Christopher Anthony | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2006-08-19 |
| RIDSDILL SMITH, Annalisa | Director | 2011-04-20 | 2024-03-20 |
| SHIPLEY, Brian Roy | Director | 2006-08-11 | 2015-12-14 |
| THURGOOD, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2006-06-02 |
| WHITING, Robert John | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2012-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen John | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2007-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Charles Gosselin Trower | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-06-15 | Active |
| Mr Robert Simon Forsyth | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.