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www.yaa.org.uk

Report

Saving lives across Yorkshire

Year ending March 2015

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Mission StatementTo provide, deliver and develop with integrity,transparency and pride, state-of-the-artemergency response air ambulances for theprotection of human life across Yorkshireand its environs.

Peter SunderlandChairman, Yorkshire Air Ambulance

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02 Patrons, Staff & Operational Lists

04 Chairman’s Report

10 Vice-Chairman’s Report

14 HRH The Duke of York, KG Nostell Air Support Unit Official Opening

16 How Much Does it all Cost....

18 Financial Results, Reserves Policy

20 Roll of Honour 2013 & 2014

21 10k Donors

22 The Rt Hon George Osborne MPThe Chancellor announced £1M donation

24 Auditor’s Report

Contents

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OVERVIEW: At the conclusion of my reportlast year I stated:

“The key to our lifesaving Charity operation isthe continuation of funds being donated toenable the operation of our two Helicopters,and we are still totally reliant on financialdonations in excess of £10,000 per day tokeep both Air Ambulance helicoptersoperational. Our expenditure against budget willbe closely monitored and our budgetedfundraising cost ratio is 18p [together with atotal admin cost to operate the Charity of 26p]for every £1.00 donated.

Longer summertime flying hours with ourhelicopters will be available again this year.During the summer months it has been possiblewith overlapping hours to ensure that we havehad at least one helicopter available for 15hours per day. I am confident that the supportwe receive will ensure that sufficient funding isavailable to continue our current operations andalso to strengthen the reserves of YAA Charityto enable future developments and the long-term replacement of our helicopters.

Transparency and openness are the key wordsin all our relationships, and in all our efforts toensure good corporate governance. Please domake contact should there be any specificquestions, queries, thoughts, suggestions,ideas or specific items that you would like to discuss.

I am confident that with the generosity of all oursupporters that we can maintain and enable thetwo Yorkshire Air Ambulances to be availablefor their time critical life saving emergencymissions 365 days a year.”

Yet again I can report that the Charity’s overallincoming resources for the year ending March2015 have increased by nearly 15% against theprevious year and in excess of our budgetedexpectations for the year.

In the year ending March 2015 we have flown1,326 missions and patients carried increasedfrom 524 to 596. Our Airdesk [“Easytask”]system software has been updated andcontinues to give detailed information regardingmissions flown, flying hours, mission hours andstand downs etc. We are also now recordingpatients treated but not carried and the figurefor the year was 808.

The Nostell Air Support Unit flew 671 life savingmissions and our Northern Air Support Unit atRAF Topcliffe [nr Thirsk] has been fullyoperational throughout the year and hasprovided invaluable support flying 655 missionsin the Northern Region of Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopters G-SASHand G-CEMS have been fully operational andprovided continuous 365 day cover [withextended 15 hours per day overlappingcoverage in the summer months]. It has also

again been possible to provide finance for an air ambulance loan helicopter for use during thetwo separate periods when both helicopterswere offline for annual service. The older of ourtwo helicopters G-SASH has suffered with veryheavy non-scheduled maintenance.

Our website www.yaa.org.uk has beenrefurbished and again is providing regularsustainable and increasing incomes. During theyear ending March 2015, online donations haveincreased by 43%. The use of the Internet andsocial media has again proved most valuableand our “Facebook” page now has over50,000+ supporters [22,500 - 2014] and weare maximizing the use of “Twitter” with21,300+ followers [16,000 - 2014]. Wecontinue to use all the various social mediaapplications to spread information to ourgrowing number of supporters. YAAmerchandise has been extended and provides aregular source of income, with Christmas cardsbeing available for purchase on-line, via the YAAOffice or from any of our Fundraising team.

The Senior Management Team continue to workdirectly with the Trustee Board and attend theregular monthly Trustee Board meetings. Thesame transparent organisational structure willremain in place for the year ending March 2016.The Senior Management Team is Paul Gowland[Director of Fundraising], Tracey Looker[Director of Finance appointed 1 June

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2015], Neale Jacobs [Office & Operations Manager], Abby McClymont [Marketing &Communications Manager] and CaptainAndrew Lister [Chief Pilot].

The YAA are not members of the “Air AmbulanceAssociation”. The AAA activities are closelymonitored and are an agenda item at ourmonthly Trustee Board meetings. Followingdiscussions between AAA and Her Majesty’sTreasury, in July 2015 we received £241k fromHer Majesty’s Treasury from the Libor funds.

We have during the year revisited, reviewed,updated and tested our EmergencyResponse Plan.

On behalf of all the Trustees and Charity staff, Iwould thank most sincerely all our supporterswho have provided the vital funding necessaryto ensure we are able to continue to offer thebest possible life saving service throughoutYorkshire. Surplus income has enabled us toprovide designated funds for the futurereplacement of our ageing helicopters and todevelop our Nostell Air Support Unit.

FUNDRAISINGFor the year ending March 2015 overallincoming resources [including Legacies and InMemory donations] increased by nearly 15%over the previous year and culminated in atotal income of £7.4M. Legacies and In

Memory donations were £2.5M. Legacyincomes are an important area of support forthe YAA and which continue to providevaluable income. We are still receiving solidsupport from the people of Yorkshire and thisyear’s overall income has risen from circa£1.30 to £1.48 per head of population.

Our partnership with Huddersfield TownFootball Club continues to flourish and bringsin valuable income, which is shared equallybetween their Football Academy and the YAAand has raised over £1m since inception.

The Affinity account with the Yorkshire BuildingSociety at 31st March 2015 stood at£83,520,446 invested in 4,766 accounts.The 1% annual affinity payment generated£944K during the year.

Our “Bag-it-Up Recycling” partnership schemeacross the Yorkshire region has seen adownturn due to a global downturn, in theprice of clothes in the year ending March2015 but still stands at a very valuable £257k.The Freemasons in Yorkshire and theFreemasons Grand Charity in London continueto provide valuable support to the Charity withlocal and national support.

The YAA lottery continued to make valuablecontributions. On-line gift aided donations arestill increasing – Grants & Trusts income

showed continuing valuable income of £226k.We are also grateful to the following for theirsupport and I would acknowledge the benefitsin kind support that we have received, whichtotalled £65,780 [For the Statutory Accounts,benefits in kind are treated as income and thesame amount deducted in the appropriateactual cost code].

Huddersfield Town £15,780 B. Braun Medical Ltd £35,000CDP Web Design £6,500Vehicles DM Keith Skoda £3,500Other £5,000

I would record our very grateful thanks to TheLiz and Terry Bramall Foundation for theirvaluable past, present and continued support,which is of enormous benefit to the Charity.

It has enabled the Charity to commit to capitalprojects that are now showing valuable costsavings on our revenue account.

YAA PATRONS | Gaynor Barnes and Jon Mitchell

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OPERATIONS - HELICOPTERS Key statistics for our two Air Ambulances forthe year ending March 2015 are as follows:

● 8,104 hours of available cover [whenhelicopters were scheduled to beoperational]

● 1,326 [1,050 - 2014] missions flown 596[524 – 2014] patients carried, an increaseof 14%

● Average Charity cost per mission during theyear was £3,370 [£4,295 – 2014]. Theaverage flying hours per patient carried was70 minutes and the average mission timewas just under 71 minutes

● Total fuel used in the year was 199,999litres and represents a cost of nearly £9kper month and is a reduction of nearly £2kper month over last year’s costs. This hasbeen achieved following the installation ofour own fuel tanks at both Nostell andTopcliffe Air Support Units

● Average litres per flying hour were 290 perhelicopter

Our helicopter maintenance, pilotage andtechnical support have, as I reported last year,been carried out by Multiflight at LeedsBradford International Airport. Sadly due toproblems with manufacturer’s spares and

additional maintenance on our helicopter G-SASH the total figures have risen sharplyand are above our budgeted expectations.

FINANCIALS2015 has been another tremendous year with acomfortable surplus of income over expenditure,and also a strong performance against budgetexpectations.

The net consolidated assets of the YAA Charityhave increased by over 28% and now stand at£13.9M. With prudent management and closebudgetary control, we have managed to maintainour administration and fundraising expenditurebeneath budget and at 15.2% of income - leaving84.8p in every £1 donated to be used forcharitable activities or building reserves. Trusteeshave again been prudent in increasing ourreserves, and a policy has been adopted to allowfor future developments and the replacement ofour oldest helicopter. We have built our unrestrictedfunds to circa £7.8M and this will enable us tosustain operations for a period of 18/24 months.

Our reserves policy is to maintain a minimum of 12months running costs. The current designatedreserves stand at £6M and it is anticipated thatincomes over the next financial year 2015/2016will be maintained or increased from current levels.Our Sage financial software (Sage 200 Accounts)has now been upgraded to the latest 2015 versionand CRM [Customer Relationship Module] is again

providing great benefit in supporting the Charity’sfundraising, administrative and operationalfunctions.

Copies of our Audited accounts and our AGMreport are available from our HQ at Cayley House,Elland [01422 237900] – they are available bothelectronically and in hard copy formats[www.yaa.org.uk].

My thanks, as always, on behalf of the YAA go totheir Executive team, and in particular to DellaCannings; Chair of the Board of YorkshireAmbulance Service NHS Trust, Rod Barnes; ChiefExecutive, and Ian Walton; Associate Director ofResilience and Special Services.

I also extend our thanks to Dr Julian Mark, ourMedical Director for all his support together withDr Jez Pinnell our Medical Advisor. Our thanks arealso extended to all the Paramedics and Doctorsfor their work in attending trauma incidentsthroughout the Yorkshire region and providingcritical care.

We have an excellent relationship with the YorkshireAmbulance Service NHS Trust (YAS), and regularpartnership meetings take place with their seniorexecutives and our Vice Chairman and myself.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEARHRH The Duke of York, KG our Royal Patronvisited our Nostell Air Support Units on 25thMarch 2015. He spent time on the helipad withthe helicopter, Chief Pilot and Paramedicsdiscussing the operational capabilities of our lifesaving work and the facilities available on the AirAmbulance. The Duke also received a fullbriefing from the Duty Dispatcher in the controlroom and a full tour of all the facilities at the unit.

He then officially opened the Air Support Unitand was able to spend time meeting anddiscussing various aspects of our operationswith some of our staff, volunteers, sponsors,trainee paramedics and supporters. Incommemoration of his visit I presented HisRoyal Highness with a framed picture of our twohelicopters on the helipad at Nostell.

The “Keep It Up Campaign” with HuddersfieldTown Football Club is a joint fundraising venture.50% of the monies raised benefit the YAA and50% The Huddersfield Town Football Academyfor training young players. The total incomeproduced in its fourth year was £172K.

The Yorkshire Building Society Affinity Accountcontinued to grow throughout the year and wasavailable at all their branches. There is an annualaffinity payment of 1% to the Charity, based onthe average balance on the account throughoutthe year, which amounted to a staggering£944k.

Our Recognition Awards Dinner and AGM wereheld at Aspire – Leeds on 30th October 2014.The presentation of awards was again extremelywell supported by 200 people. Brian Chapman[Trustee] and his team at B. Braun Medical Ltd,Sheffield organised the event and I would like toplace on record our thanks and appreciation fortheir hard work and support.

Our AGM in October 2014 was again extremelywell attended and I recommended that weadopted a theme for the year based on theword “PRUDENCE”. This has formed the basisof our focus and strategy for the year.

Following increases in activity and income levelswe were delighted to further strengthen bothour fundraising and finance teams during theyear. In fundraising we welcomed three newCommunity Fundraisers Jenny Jones [May2014], Alex Byers [June 2015] and VictoriaMuirhead [June 2015]. In Finance, we welcomedTracey Looker as our new Director of Finance inJune 2015.

We were delighted to continue our partnershipswith Hull based Arco for a further 3 years, B. Braun Medical Limited for a further 5 years,SICL for a further 5 years and ASDA havecontinued into a third year of fundraising.Doncaster Racecourse has also agreed tocontinue their support for a further year.

In addition we welcomed Shepley Spring Limitedand John Moore Security Limited as new

corporate partners. This is testament to thehard work and dedication of the fundraisingteam.

In July 2014 Yorkshire welcomed the Tour deFrance (TDF). As a result Yorkshire AirAmbulance took the decision to ensure theavailability of a third aircraft throughout theevent. This proved to be a sound decision,which resulted in a record number of peoplebeing treated and carried. In addition to theincreased operational activity, over £50,000was raised through our Yellow Yorkshirecampaign which was run in conjunction with theTDF and will become an annual event in ourfundraising calendar.

2014/15 saw an increase in missions flown of26% and record numbers of patients treatedand carried to major trauma centres.

The agreement with Specialist Aviation Servicesto lease one of their MD902 Air Ambulancehelicopters to cover our operations when ourhelicopters were offline for scheduled orunscheduled maintenance is still in operation.

At our AGM KPMG LLP were appointed as theCharity’s Auditor and we welcome their valuableadvice and support.

I would like to acknowledge the support of ourSolicitors DWF Solicitors - Leeds during theyear.

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Our relationship with Embrace [SheffieldChildren’s Hospital NHS neonatal transportorganisation] has been expanded, and duringthe year we transported 13 Consultants tohospitals in the Yorkshire region where it wasessential that neonatal patients received timecritical care.

During the year Brewin Dolphin – Leeds were appointed as our Investment Managersand Advisors.

FUTUREIn August 2015 I received a letter from theAssistant Private Secretary to Her RoyalHighness Duchess of Cornwall with a kinddonation to the Charity. HRH asked me to passon her thanks to all the team at the Yorkshire AirAmbulance for their dedicated work.

In August 2015 we were delighted that theChancellor George Osborne visited our AirSupport Unit at Nostell, near Wakefield, withCharity supporter and cricketing legendGeoffrey Boycott who had asked theGovernment to support us. During his visit, theChancellor announced a pledge of £1M towardsa new state-of-the-art helicopter.

Following the completion of a detailed review ofevolving needs for service delivery over the next25 years, we have now placed an order for a

latest generation Airbus H145 helicopter toreplace G-SASH, our oldest helicopter.

Our Recognition Awards Dinner and AnnualGeneral Meeting 2015 will again take place atAspire - Leeds, which will be on Thursday 22October 2015. As normal we are holding ourAGM in the afternoon and our RecognitionDinner will follow this in the evening.

Our Air Support Unit at RAF Topcliffe continuesto be fully established and operational, and Iagain extend our thanks to Station CommanderGroup Captain Ian Laing and his team at RAFLinton-on-Ouse for their continued help andsupport along with Lieutenant Colonel JohnCatto and his team of the 4th Regiment RoyalArtillery Allenbrooke Barracks.

Another strategy day was held on 27th July2015 with the focus being on revisiting thestrategic risks of the Charity and ensuring thatmitigating actions are in place.

THANKSOn behalf of all the Trustees and staff, I wouldalso record our special thanks to our PatronsGaynor Barnes, Jon Mitchell, Martyn Moxonand Charlie Hodgson for their help andsupport in their ambassadorial role with theYAA and to our Volunteers who play a vital rolein supporting the Charity.

My own personal special thanks go to theTrustees for all their help, guidance andsupport throughout the year and also for theirindividual overseeing roles and involvement inspecific areas of the Charity’s operation. OurVice Chairman Bruce Burns also fulfils the roleof Accountable Manager to the Civil AviationAuthority and has responsibility for ouroperational activities.

My thanks also go to Lynn Walton our HRConsultant for her help, advice and supportduring the year.

My final thanks go to all the operationalpersonnel – Head of Special Operations [MikeShanahan], Clinical Operations Manager [PeteVallance] Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHSTrust Paramedics, our Chief Pilot [CaptainAndy Lister], Pilots, Doctors, dispatchers, thededicated fundraising and management staff,[Office, Marketing, Finance and Administrationteams] for their hard work in raising thenecessary funds to enable the two YorkshireAir Ambulances to continue to operate 365days a year on their vital emergency lifesavingmissions.

CONCLUSIONThe Trustee Board has approved the strategyand budget for the year 2015/2016. We arealready seeing incomes in the first six monthsof this financial year in excess of last year’sand in excess of our budgeted expectations.

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I am, therefore, confident that we can ensurea satisfactory performance during the yearending March 2016. Our expenditure againstbudget will, as always, be closely monitored. Longer summertime flying hours with ourhelicopters will be continued again this year.

During the summer months it has beenpossible, with overlapping hours, to ensurethat we have had at least one helicopteravailable for up to 15 hours per day and oneof our helicopters has the facility to extendthese hours further. I am confident thatsufficient funding is available to continue ourcurrent operations and also to strengthen thereserves of the YAA Charity, to enable futuredevelopments and the long-term replacementof our helicopters.

The key to our lifesaving Charity operation isthe continuation of funds being donated toenable the operation of our two helicopters.These have increased to be in excess of£12,000 per day [we are flying more missionsand maintenance costs have risensignificantly] to keep both Air Ambulancehelicopters operational.

Transparency is important to the goodcorporate governance of the Charity and forour supporters to be able to fully understandthat all donations are being used effectivelyfor charitable purposes.

We are currently preparing our strategy/business plan to ensure that the Charityremains in a position to provide the whole ofYorkshire with a state-of-the-art, world class airambulance service which will consolidate thecontinuation of our life-saving operation. Wepride ourselves on delivering the highestquality rapid response emergency service,with the most modern medical facilitiesenabling us to continue to save lives acrossYorkshire and its environs every single day.

Peter Sunderland DLChairman

29th September 2015

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Vice Chairman’sReport

Bruce Burns

2014/2015 has been a very exciting year forthe Charity, working on new projects along withthe day to day running of our operation.

In July 2014, we leased a third helicopter tocover the Tour de France, Grand Depart to helpwith the influx of visitors in Yorkshire over thatweekend. The third helicopter was staffed by arelief pilot and Doctors who were provided bythe NHS.

In addition to the 41 missions we attendedduring that weekend, our existing aircraft, G-SASH & G-CEMS attended 38 missions duringthe week leading up to the event.

As we are an independent charity this givesus the flexibility to be able to organise theplacement of a third helicopter in a shortspace of time. We arranged for the thirdhelicopter to be positioned along the route atstrategic points, allowing our team torespond to emergency incidents in thefastest time possible.

Following several power outages at our purposebuilt Air Support Unit at Nostell; a decision wastaken to purchase a stand by generator toprovide power should there be a power cut. Thiswill allow the charity to stay fully operational atall times.

Towards the end of 2014, the Charity ran itsfirst Emergency Response Plan TrainingExercise (ERP) in a bid to plan and prepareourselves for any unforeseen disasters, whichmay directly or indirectly affect our operation.The training exercise was devised andmonitored by our Quality and ComplianceManager and raised some topics for furtherdiscussion. As a result we have adapted theexisting plan to better suit the needs of theCharity, issuing an updated version, No.3. Weplan to run the training exercise again in2015/2016.

In April 2015, seven of our aircrew paramedicscompleted their three-year secondment andreturned full time to the Yorkshire AmbulanceService. To show our appreciation for their workhere at the Charity, we organised an informalgathering with both existing paramedics andnew members of the team. We also welcomedseven new aircrew paramedics who will join theCharity for the next three years on a permanentseconded basis.

The new air crew paramedics completed atough three-week training programme thatincluded underwater escape training, mountainand swift water rescue, navigation, air safetyand advanced emergency medicine. They allpassed and are now part of the YAA family.

Over the last year, the Civilian Aviation Authority(CAA) carried out a full audit inspection. We alsoself-audit over the same time frame and in bothareas, we have two independent qualityauditors, one for maintenance and one forpilots. We were given a clean bill of health fromboth audits, with only four minor observations.

As a result, the CAA has indicated, under theirnew safety system process, that the Charityafter next year’s audit (2015/2016) will beaudited once every 2 years. This is due to thehigh level of safety that the Charity employs inall its operational activity. We were one of thefirst aviation operators within the UK, (both fixedwing and rotary) to introduce the SafetyManagement System (SMS) and ourdevelopment of this and the level of SafetyManagement Reports (SMR) and our no blameculture have all contributed to our success.

In previous years I have discussed thedesperate need for landing lights at the LeedsGeneral Infirmary (LGI). During the last year itappears that a way of funding them from anexternal third party has been negotiated by theYorkshire Air Ambulance Charity and all thenecessary plans have now been put in place. Innext year’s report I hope to confirm completionof this project. The LGI is one of the region’s fourmajor trauma centres and it is imperative thatthe lighting of the helipad can be achieved forthe benefit of the people of Yorkshire.

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The Chairman and I meet with the YorkshireAmbulance Service NHS Trust on a regularbasis to go through a list of pre agreed agendaitems, which allows our partnership to runsmoothly. To coincide with the PartnershipBoard meetings, I also meet once a month withthe Deputy Operational Director and our GroundOperations Manager meets with the SeniorResilience Manager, to ensure we are both up todate with events, training and any operationalissues. Our close working relationship with theYorkshire Ambulance Service is hugelyimportant to the Charity and is proving to be agreat partnership.

Another NHS organisation that the Charity worksclosely with is Embrace, the children’s retrievalservice. Embrace held a “Night of Flight” eventat our Air Support Unit at Nostell, which allowedprofessionals within the industry to liaise witheach other. Present were Paediatric Consultantsfrom all over the UK, Paediatric and Children’sNurses, Ambulance Drivers, Fire Crew from theLGI, MOD representative’s, Charity Staff, YAATrustees and myself. Last year we carried out26 missions with Embrace.

The Charity also works alongside Search andRescue groups throughout the region. To keepchannels of communication open and to preventerrors being made, I attend the communicationmeetings four times a year accompanied by ourChief Pilot and three senior managers from theYorkshire Ambulance Service. These meetings

are held by North Yorkshire Police and havebeen invaluable. Our thanks go to the ChiefConstable and PC Jon Rushton for facilitatingthese meetings.

Communication, development and safety, are some of the watchwords we use and tothis end we are full members of the BritishHelicopter Association. This organisation is a well-respected collection of personnel from thedifferent helicopter sectors and is used by theCAA, EASA, the Military and other organisationsto communicate with all the UK basedoperators. It was with pleasure that our ChiefPilot was asked to chair the BHA EmergencyServices Sub Committee. This very importantrole sets Yorkshire as the gold standard and theCharity often hosts meetings at our facilities forthe benefit of all.

We continue to communicate with thoseorganisations closest to us. The National PoliceAviation Service (NPAS) have been invaluable intheir assistance and to them I would like torecord my thanks.

During this last year our Safety Manager,Captain Ian Mousette, was asked by the CAA tosit on the Regional Air Space User Group withrepresentatives from the MOD, Coastguard andother uses. Captain Mousette carries out theseduties as well as flying one of our helicopters.We believe in communication and spreading the

word on safety, using our excellence to helpothers and we have supported Ian in this role.

Of course the year never runs as smoothly asyou would hope and in this last year we havehad some very heavy maintenance issues andassociated costs.

In total nearly one million pounds has been spenton the maintenance of our two helicoptersduring this financial year. The above list doesnot cover all the smaller value spares items,

G-SASHBoth engines on G-SASH have had theirthree thousand hour services, figures below:

Engine one £254,296Engine two £248,189Notar £43,352VCSC Actuator £36,072Actuator £30,633Drive shaft £51,204Main Mast base replacement £64,973Friction unit £30,753Gear box £89,400

G-CEMSRotor Blade £26,6252 Flex Beams £125,371IIDS £41,123Collective Friction Unit £31,469

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as only items with a value over £25,000 havebeen included. We agreed a fixed pricecontract, with our maintenance providerMultiflight, which has kept the labour costsunder control for the last year. The cost of allspares has increased dramatically this yearalong with the movement of the Dollar againstSterling. Our engine maintenance provider(separate from Multiflight) ITP in Madrid hassaved us money by being paid in euros.

HRH the Duke of York KG, who is also ourRoyal Patron and Honorary Chief Pilot, cameto officially open our Air Support Unit at Nostelland we were able to inform him of our plans toreplace one of our helicopters.

Our Chief Pilot, Ground Operations Managerand I went to Helitech in Amsterdam for twodays to meet with four companies in order forus to research in more detail the differenthelicopters in the market place, which mightsuit our operational requirements.

These were Augusta Westland, MacDonaldDouglas, Bell and Airbus. All four companiesdelivered presentations to explain runningcosts, support, and the capabilities of all themachines. We were also able to catch up withall the European operators, police, and airambulance operators and users to discussproblems, issues and support constraints.

Following a recommendation to the TrusteeBoard a decision was taken to place an orderfor an Airbus H145 helicopter for delivery inOctober 2016.

The Chairman has, in his report, recorded histhanks and I fully support those comments.

As we move forward into 2015/2016 all I cansay, in conclusion, is that these are veryexciting times for the Charity and I am surethat there will be much for me to cover in nextyear’s report.

Thank you everyone for all your support.

Bruce BurnsVice Chairman & Accountable Manager

29th September 2015

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How much does itall cost….

• An Increase in Missions FlownIn comparison year on year the YAAattended an additional 276 missions in 2014/2015 - an increase of 26%on the previous year.

• An Increase in Patients TreatedThe YAA is first on the scene in 30% of missions and the advanced traumaparamedics provide treatment to 3patients every day in the busiersummer months.

• An Increase in Patients flown toMajor Trauma CentresThe increase in missions flown islargely due to:

- Patients requiring specialist treatmentprovided at the region’s Major TraumaCentre hospitals (MTCs)

In April 2015 the Charity’s daily running cost increased to £12,000 a day to keep both our helicopters maintained and in the air. The Background to this increase is as follows:

Cabin HeaterCover

£532

A grill surrounding thecabin heater outlet, heatcan emit from the outlet atvery high temperatures.

Cabin InsulationLining

£34,518Easy fit acoustic insulationand thermal lining

HydraulicPump

£20,221

2x hydraulic pumps. Eachprovide 500 psi but onecan cope with all pressureat 1000psi. Constant flow.

Wiper Blade

£1,463

2x Two speed wipers,enables low speed flight /operation in precipitation.

Pilot’s Harness

£3,134

5 point restraint providinganti-submarine, designedto prevent forward/downdeparture in a crash.

Gearbox

£116,643

Aluminium castingMain Rotor Gearboxproviding drive to the 5 Main Rotor Blades.

Pilot’s SeatBackrest Cushion

£3,085

Lumbar supporting, ultralight weight washablecovers. Extremely strong.

Flex Beam

£62,685

5x fibre wound compositeflex beams attached themain rotor blades to themain rotor mast.

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To keep both of Yorkshire’s Air Ambulances maintainedand in the air we need to raise £12,000 every singleday. This is the equivalent of £4.4M per year.

- The ongoing improvement of landingsites at the MTCs

- Enhanced lighting at the YAA AirSupport Units at Nostell and RAFTopcliffe.

- An Increase in Missions = An Increasein Maintenance Required

The increase in missions affects themaintenance needed to keep each ofthe helicopters operational and this isreflected in the recent annual rises inhelicopter maintenance costs.

Maintenance spend2013/2014 - £1M spent2014/2015 - £1.25M spent2015/2016 - £1.5M budget= £2k per helicopter, per day

Hinge

£3,043

Rear baggage door hingeand back stop whichprevents the door beingopened too far.

Engine

£250,000

Two Pratt & Whitney(Canada) Turboshaftengines PW206E SASH /PW207E CEMS, Capableof 500shp (Shaft HorsePower) each

Blade Pin Bolt

£710

High torque, steel andtitanium bolts withexpandable bushing. Withearthing strips forlightening protection.

Rotor Blade

£46,300

Made from carbon fibrespars and honeycombcore. Covered in alloy,with nickel and over 84% titanium.

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Financial results

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013

£000’s £000's £000'sINCOME 7,424 6,470 5,198

EXPENDITURECost of Generating Funds 1,080 1,158 756Governance Costs 50 67 60

1,130 1,225 816

Operational Costs 3,324 3,285 2,346

Total Costs 4,454 4,510 3,162

Investment gains/losses 88 5 24and taxation

Increase in reserves 3,058 1,965 2,036

Total Reserves B/FWD 10,807 8,842 6,806

Total Reserves C/FWD 13,865 10,807 8,842

Income in £'000s

Donations Legacies Grants Non-Charitable Investment Other Total

trading Income Income

2009 2,168 407 176 352 47 2 3,152

2010 2,566 592 271 313 0 9 3,751

2011 2,314 961 260 298 0 22 3,855

2012 2,807 902 253 295 44 5 4,306

2013 3,094 1,205 406 289 80 124 5,198

2014 4,132 1,489 413 285 91 60 6,470

2015 4,306 2,473 226 291 96 32 7,424

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The Trustees aspire to maintain afree cash balance which would besufficient to sustain operationswithout any further funding for aminimum of 12 months at anapproximate running cost of£12,000 per day.

RESERVES POLICY

BALANCE SHEET

2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013

£000’s £000's £000'sFixed Assets 6,025 3,911 3,146

Current Assets

Debtors and stock 1,659 645 549Bank Balances 6,490 6,715 5,352

8,149 7,360 5,901

Current Liabilities 309 464 205 Creditors

Net Current Assets 7,840 6,896 5,696

Net Assets 13,865 10,807 8,842

Represented By

Restricted Funds 85 90 60

Designated Funds 6,020 3,354 2,711

Unrestricted Funds 7,760 7,363 6,071

13,865 10,807 8,842

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Roll of honour 2013 and 2014

2013

Volunteers• Chris Batty• Tracy Gregory• Carl Dickinson• Jan & Peter Swallow• Liz Storey• Gwen & Derek Taylor

Organisations & Supporters• Maisie Allan• Elaine Blezard• Mike Rimmer• Parkgate & Rawmarsh District Ladies Dart League

• Phil Toone• Barnsley District Lions Club• The Jeepy Club• Valley Striders Athletic Club• Wentbridge House Hotel• Adrian Hoggarth

Patient Fundraising Ambassador• Charlotte Leighton

Corporate Supporters• Wilkinsons• Brian Leighton Garages• Potters Eggs• Arco

Media• Capital FM - Hirsty’s Daily Dose Breakfast Show

Special Recognition Award• Steve Rendi – Yorkshire Ambulance Service

Outstanding Partnership• B. Braun Medical Ltd

Chairman’s Award• RAF Linton on Ouse & 4th Regiment RoyalArtillery, Allenbrooke Barracks

2014

Volunteers• Simon Taylor • Mike & Elaine Moores• Pat Parkes• Gerry, Roger & Catherine Sayers• Melanie Devine• Tony Fields & Kev Hutchinson• Steve Blackie

Organisations & Supporters• Hatfield Colliery Miners• Meadowhall Sequence Dancers• Rotyton Carlton Social Club• Vicky Weston & Friends• The Lion Pub, Castleford• The Fleece Inn, Pudsey

• Wetherby Lions• The Storeroom, Leeds• Rene Shaw & Trish Curtis• Birstwith to Rome Bike Ride• Michael Wood• Dennis & Wendy Whittle (Old Hall Caravan Park)

• Beadlam Tractor Run• Ken Sharpe

Patient Fundraising Ambassador• Andy Broxham

Corporate Supporters• The Sandwich King • Asda• Redmayne Bentley• Exterion Media• Ferno

Media• Dixie & Gayle’s All Day Xmas Party

Outstanding Partnership• YAS

Other• Robyn Deegan HTAFC

Chairman’s Award• Helicopter Heroes

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Supporters who kindly donated over£10,000 during 2014/2015:

Arco

Asda Stores (Yorkshire Region)

B. Braun Medical Ltd

Bag It Up

British Gas

Carter Jonas

D Midgley

Drax Power Station

E C M Systems

G M Stephenson Ltd

Help for Health

Huddersfield Adult School Union

Huddersfield Town Football Club

M&S Stores (Yorkshire)

Masham Sheep Fair

Michael Wood

Mike Rimmer & friends

Neville Payne & friends

Nunnington Bash

Paul Wild, Cranswick Foods

Poliform North

Potters Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs

Richard & Wendy Machin, Brandsby PCC

Sainsbury's Trinity Walk, Wakefield

Shepley Spring

Sherburn Aero Club

SICL

Sovereign Health Care Charitable Trust

The Freemasons’ Grand Charity

Thomson Ltd

Tracy Gregory

Yorkshire Area Point to Point

Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire Freemasons

Significant donations in kind:

B. Braun Medical Ltd

Big Yellow Self Storage, Sheffield

CDP Creative Ltd

D M Keith Skoda

Evans Easystore, Wakefield

Exterion Media

Huddersfield Town Football Club

Openhouse Products Ltd

The Store Room, Leeds

£10Kdonors

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The Rt Hon George Osborne MPThe Chancellorannounced £1M donation

In August 2015, The Chancellor GeorgeOsborne donated £1 million towards a newstate-of-the-art helicopter for the Yorkshire AirAmbulance, which should be delivered bySeptember 2016.

Mr Osborne made the funding pledge during avisit to our Air Support Unit at Nostell, nearWakefield, with longstanding charity supporterand cricketing legend Geoffrey Boycott whoasked the Government for help.

Following the completion of a detailed review ofthe Charity’s evolving needs for service deliveryover the next 25 years, an order for a latestgeneration Airbus H145 helicopter has beenplaced to replace the older of our two aircraft,G-SASH.

The £1 million Government donation, from fineslevied on banks, will contribute substantiallytowards the new £5.7 million Airbus H145.

Chairman Peter Sunderland, said: “We remaintotally dependent on the generosity of thefantastic people of Yorkshire.

However, the phenomenal donation we havereceived from The Chancellor of the Exchequer,will allow us to work towards fulfilling ourmission to provide Yorkshire with the highestquality rapid response emergency service – andI express my sincere thanks for this exceptionalcontribution.

In planning for the future we have been buildingup our reserves to ensure we can continue todevelop and expand our life saving service byhaving the most up-to-date aircraft.

G-SASH has been a familiar sight over the skiesof Yorkshire for the last 14 years. But in recentyears, maintenance costs have escalated andspare parts have become increasingly difficultto find. Now is the right time to replace her.”

The new helicopter offers exceptional flightperformance and will have significantly loweroperating and maintenance costs. The AirbusH145 is night capable and is used by military,police and air rescue services around the world.

It has a larger cabin and provides paramedicswith an advanced medical fit-out to treat andtransport often critically injured patients.Replacing G-SASH will ensure the continuationof a state-of-the-art air ambulance service forthe people of Yorkshire for the next 25 years.

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