Sorry the night air ambulances thread was drifting but is there a point to suggesting that some of these "charities" are benefiting more than just the people they aim to pick up?
If you follow this link:-
Find charities - Charity Commission
You can enter the charity number and find the % spending on salaries, admin and other spending V what gets spent on the main aim - i.e flying a helicopter to save victims.
It makes terrible reading. For instance Midlands AA spends just £258K (3% of the total) to raise its funds whilst The Air Ambulance service spends £2.3M!! (42% of the total raised)..
It does make you wonder.
Edit to add this:-
Service Services expense Running Expenses Expense % total funds
Cornwall £1,800,000.00 £827,000.00 28%
Derby/Rutland/Leic £2,300,000.00 £2,900,000.00 42%
Devon/Exeter £1,880,000.00 £2,550,000.00 35%
Dorset £1,000,000.00 £1,760,000.00 24%
East Anglian £3,100,000.00 £2,000,000.00 31%
Essex £2,800,000.00 £2,100,000.00 42%
Great Northern £2,955,000.00 £1,276,000.00 23%
Great Western £1,067,000.00 £194,000.00 14%
Hampshire £1,300,000.00 £1,130,000.00 35%
Kent £4,300,000.00 £2,370,000.00 31%
Linconshire £1,566,000.00 £748,000.00 29%
London £1,818,000.00 £928,000.00 29%
Magpas £446,900.00 £215,855.00 33%
Midland £3,100,000.00 £258,000.00 3%
North West £3,157,000.00 £937,000.00 17%
Thames Valley £1,545,000.00 £2,191,000.00 42%
Welsh £3,400,000.00 £2,128,000.00 37%
Yorkshire £2,200,000.00 £759,000.00 18%