Inputs

During the last full financial year:

• £3,643,585 of our gross charity income (£5,171,536) came from voluntary contributions.

• Of which £2,589,002. was spent on service provision /charitable activities these charges include Helicopter lease, Maintenance, Fuel, Landing fees, Hanger facilities, Medical insurances, Equipment, Drugs, Consumables, Airport accommodation, IT requirements, Training and Paramedic and Doctor salaries. The remaining voluntary contributions are carried forward to facilitate further upgrading of the helicopters.   
• Having spent less this year on service provision /charitable activities we were still able to increase the number of missions flown on the previous year. These efficiencies were largely made possible as the charity proceeded to purchase rather than lease the helicopters a process that still continues.
• It takes an estimated 80,000 hours of staff and volunteer time to operate, administrate, fundraise and train. Interestingly as a ratio it works out that for every 1 hour flying it takes 95 hours of other activities to maintain the service, exhausting but never the less essential or as we say “when the weight of the paperwork exceeds the weight of the helicopters we can then go flying”.
• During the year the senior management team volunteered a considerable amount of time and expertise to inform and develop a National air ambulance framework document, National clinical advisory group and National clinical procedures, concurrently a Northern Trauma Network was instigated by our senior clinicians and our exclusive degree level Helicopter Crew Course re-accredited with the University of Teesside all of which helps to maintain and improve our performance and benefit the wider clinical network.