THE AMBULANCE STAFF CHARITY

Charity number: 1163538
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

TASC The Ambulance Staff Charity is here to support present and past ambulance staff and their families in time of need. Our services are independent and confidential, and include psychological rehabilitation and counselling including stress and PTSD support; physical rehabilitation; financial grants; debt advice; welfare and other support; and bereavement support.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£558,885

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Donations and legacies £215.94k
Charitable activities £178.08k
Other trading activities £94.56k
Investments £70.30k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£800,210

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Raising funds £235.97k
Charitable activities £510.42k
Other £53.82k

£50,369 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £289.79k
Charitable expenditure £510.42k

People

12 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

26 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Gibraltar
  • Guernsey
  • Isle Of Man
  • Jersey

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 September 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • TASC (Working name)
  • THE AMBULANCE SERVICES CHARITY (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Tracy Lee Nicholls Trustee 06 November 2024
None on record
Rev KEVIN CHARLES Trustee 25 October 2024
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD
Received: On time
Anthony Stanley Fossey Trustee 21 May 2024
COVENTRY RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE BLIND
Received: On time
Peter Jonathan Evans Trustee 05 March 2024
None on record
Rebecca Allen Trustee 05 December 2023
2ND ICKENHAM (U.R.C.) SCOUT GROUP
Received: On time
Helen Poole Trustee 10 March 2020
None on record
Edward WEISS Trustee 03 October 2017
None on record
Gerald James Brown Trustee 18 January 2017
None on record
Carl LEDBURY Trustee 25 August 2016
TRAUMA CARE
Received: On time
GORDON CYRIL ENSTONE Trustee 14 September 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £1.08m £1.08m £676.45k £485.66k £558.89k
Total expenditure £990.27k £804.52k £911.59k £764.77k £800.21k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £870.49k £407.02k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £992.26k £925.44k £541.43k N/A £215.94k
Income - Other trading activities £5.54k £50.90k £37.84k N/A £94.56k
Income - Charitable activities £4.20k £0 £27.62k N/A £178.08k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 N/A £0
Income - Investment £81.28k £73.00k £69.56k N/A £70.30k
Income - Other £400 £0 £0 N/A £0
Income - Legacies £368 £7.56k £53.33k N/A £7.37k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £598.71k £482.72k £633.59k N/A £510.42k
Expenditure - Raising funds £391.56k £321.79k £278.01k N/A £235.97k
Expenditure - Governance £15.15k £16.20k £5.40k N/A £4.66k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 N/A £0
Expenditure - Investment management £14.44k £13.90k £15.30k N/A £13.16k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 N/A £53.82k

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £179.13k £153.45k £147.63k N/A £142.29k
Long-term investments £1.73m £2.09m £2.04m N/A £1.84m
Other assets £513.39k £760.94k £585.86k N/A £457.72k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 N/A £0
Total liabilities £39.14k £74.79k £44.49k N/A £365.20k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 10 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 10 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 20 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 20 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 19 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 19 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 22 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 22 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 18 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 18 November 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 14 SEP 2015 AMENDED ON 08 JUN 2017 as amended on 19 Jun 2019

Charitable objects

The objects for which the CIO is established are— (1) The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, of the Beneficiaries by making grants of money for providing or paying for items services or facilities. (2) The relief of illness, disability or distress through provision of welfare, respite, support and therapeutic services, either generally or individually, of the Beneficiaries through— (a) direct provision of such services; (b) the acquisition, maintenance and operation of facilities to provide such services; (c) indirect provision of such services, including commercial contracting, or contributing or donating to other charities with similar objectives; (d) arrangement of access to other providers of such services; (e) provision of financial support to other providers of such services which are used by the Beneficiaries; or (3) The promotion of the education or re-education of the Beneficiaries (including social and physical training) in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by: (a) Awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at any university, college or institution of higher or further education; or (b) Supporting the education of such persons following retirement from the Service so as to promote their financial self-sustainability. (4) The relief of poverty, sickness and distress of the bereaved dependents of those employed by, or volunteering for, the emergency services (for these purposes defined as the UK Police, UK Fire, Ambulance Service, and Search and Rescue) who have been killed whilst on active service. (5) The relief of sickness and suffering of Ambulance Service and Search and Rescue employees or volunteers by facilitating their access to rehabilitation and treatment in respect of physical injuries they have incurred whilst on active service.’ (6) For the purpose of clauses 6(1) to 6(3) the Beneficiaries for whom the CIO is established are inter alia— (a) Any serving or retired member of, or volunteer under the control of, an Ambulance Service, their carers or family members shall be eligible as a beneficiary— (i) For the purposes of these objects, a family member has the same meaning as a connected person in clause 51 except that reference to Trustee in that clause shall read as Beneficiary for the purpose of this clause; (ii) For the purposes of these objects, carer has the meaning from time to time attributed by the Carers Trust, a registered charity in England and Wales (1145181) and in Scotland (SC042870) which for the time being is “a carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support”; (iii) For the purposes of these objects, a serving or retired member of, or volunteer under the control of, an Ambulance Service means a natural person who was employed by, or volunteered for an Ambulance Service for a period of not less than 12 consecutive calendar months.

Contact information

Address:
12 Ensign Business Centre
Westwood Way
Coventry
CV4 8JA
Phone:
02477987922
Email:
enquiries@theasc.org.uk
Website:

theasc.org.uk