London’s Air Ambulance is a charity: where does our funding come from?
In 2024/25 we raised £26 million from our supporters and partners, which included a restricted £7.6 million for our Up Against Time appeal.
The charity is reliant on regular givers and lottery players for approximately 54% of our funding, with 95% of funding reliant on public support.
How your donation makes a difference
Whether a one-off donation or a gift in kind, every stream of income is vital to the ongoing sustainability, growth and development of the charity.
We rely on this support to deliver our service, using our helicopters and rapid response cars to get there in time to make a difference when someone is critically injured. The support received also helps us fund strategic projects and clinical research to continue innovating pre-hospital care, across London and the globe.
Where does our funding go?
It costs approximately £14 million (consolidated costs) to provide London with our expert team of doctors and paramedics, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Our NHS partners
London Ambulance Service employs and remunerates London’s Air Ambulance paramedics, who typically join London's Air Ambulance for one-year secondments. Barts Health NHS Trust employs and remunerates the doctors, who typically join London's Air Ambulance for six-month secondments and the consultants who are permanently associated with the service. Bart’s Health also provide direct financial support in the form of a monthly grant and the helipad facilities at The Royal London Hospital required for our operations. The regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission are covered by Barts Health for all clinicians attached to the service.
Complaints
We take all complaints very seriously and aim to resolve complaints quickly, fairly and effectively. We promise to deal with your complaint with sensitivity. If you request confidentiality, we will make every effort to protect your identity from disclosure.
We aim to deal with all complaints in line with our Supporter Care Promise.
London’s Air Ambulance Charity is regulated by the Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator.
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Without the support of the London community it would not be possible to continue our life-saving work.