Emergency services `SL101`¶

Emergency services is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Saving of lives category.

934 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.46% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities¶

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

Distribution by size of charity¶

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	360	0.51%
£10k - £100k	310	0.44%
£100k - £250k	79	0.35%
£250k - £500k	47	0.42%
£1m - £10m	43	0.47%
£500k - £1m	26	0.37%
Over £10m	23	1.02%
Total	888	0.46%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	719	0.42%
oscr	141	0.56%
ccni	74	1.06%
Total	934	0.46%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
The British Red Cross Society [Charity number: SC037738] To provide assistance to victims of armed conflicts. To work for the improvement of health for the prevention of disease and for the prevention and alleviation of human suffering in the British Islands and throughout the world.	£293,500,000
THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY [Charity number: 220949] The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies.We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help people to recover and move on with their lives.	£287,100,000
THE PRIORY OF ENGLAND AND THE ISLANDS OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM [Charity number: 1077265] Provide First Aid Training, First Aid Services, Ambulance Services, Youth Services	£98,800,000
THE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE [Charity number: 1098874] Operator of two Helicopter Emergency Services, and the Children's Air Ambulance transfer service.	£37,684,000
Community Security Trust [Charity number: SC043612] 1.1 The objects of the Charity shall be: 1.1.1 to promote good race relations between the Jewish community and other members of society by working towards the elimination of racism in the form of anti-Semitism. 1.1.2 to promote the efficiency of the police within the community at large and the promotion of good citizenship and greater public participation in the prevention of crime with particular reference to the maintenance of public order and racially motivated especially anti-Semitic crime. 1.1.3 to relieve the victims of racial or religious harassment and especially anti-Semitic harassment who are in need or who have suffered hardship or distress. 1.1.4 to promote research into racism and anti-Semitism and to publish the useful results of such research and otherwise to promote public education about racism and anti-Semitism. 1.1.5 Subject to clause 1.3 to promote and support such other purposes as are charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.	£28,207,171
COMMUNITY SECURITY TRUST [Charity number: 1042391] CST seeks to protect Britain's diverse and vibrant Jewish community from the external threats of bigotry, antisemitism and terrorism. CST provides physical security, training and advice for the protection of British Jews, assists victims of antisemitism, monitors antisemitic activities and incidents and represents British Jewry to Police, Government and media on antisemitism and security.	£28,207,171
LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE LIMITED [Charity number: 801013] The relief of sickness and physical injury by the provision of emergency medical services and equipment and in particular by the provision of a helicopter ambulance service or other emergency transport.The provision of training, research and education in the field of pre-hospital medicine for the treatment and/or prevention of sickness and physical injury.	£25,991,000
The Odyssey Trust Company Limited [Charity number: NI100113] Purpose 1: The construction (completed in 2001), ongoing maintenance, revenue and capital funding for an interactive science centre (known as w5) at Queens Quay in Belfast. The facility includes 3 floors of permanent exhibits, space for temporary exhibitions, laboratories for use by schools/groups, state of the art lecture theatre and meeting rooms. Space is allocated for specialist education and demonstration staff in addition to operations and administrative employees. The day to day management of the Science Centre is by Whowhatwherewhenwhy(w5) by way of a lease. W5 is a charity with related objects and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Odyssey Trust. The facility is open 362 days per year to the general public. In 2012/13 w5 catered for 302,452 visitors (including outreach) including 48,958 in formal education groups. Purpose 2: The construction (completed in 2000), ongoing maintenance, revenue and capital funding for a 10,000 seat multipurpose indoor arena (known as the Odyssey Arena) at Queens Quay Belfast. The facility caters for a wide range of events including concerts, family shows, theatre style shows and sports events. Sports events include Ice Hockey, Athletics, Basket Ball, Horse of the year show, indoor football, arenacross, darts, boxing, wrestling and the recent World Police and Fire games. Formats of the Arena cater for audiences of 2,500 up to 10,800. The Arena is managed under an operation contract on a day to day basis by SMG, an international arena operator. In the year 2012/13 the Arena audiences totalled 626,868 through 117 events.	£25,942,359
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex [Charity number: 1021367] Air Ambulance service in South East England and surrounding areas. Our service provides specialised medicine and knowledge to improve the health and medical outcomes of the wider community.	£24,432,115
MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY [Charity number: 1143118] Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (registered charity number 1143118), formerly known as County Air Ambulance (1001064). The charity's mission is to provide patients with pre-hospital care and lifesaving intervention through its helicopter-led emergency medical services (HEMS).The charity covers Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.	£19,920,000

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
COAST MEDIC [Charity number: 1155697] Coast Medic "Paramedics Afloat Saving Lives". Proving medical care on the water and lifesaving equipment on the shore, We are the UK charity that offers voluntary pre-hospital medical care at sea.	£47,898
PETAR NETWORK [Charity number: 1131567] Responsible for the delivery of mental health awareness training for frontline prison staff working at London Prisons. We have also delivered events in the area of alcohol, young offenders older adult healthcare. We have also been provided advice in research and training. We have also delivered an event in the area of Learning disabilities and Offenders for prison, Probation and Police Staff.
HENFIELD AREA RESPONSE TEAM [Charity number: 1104825] To relieve persons suffering injury or illness in Henfield and it immediately surrounding villages by the provision of emergency medical care when requested to do so by the ambulance service.The provision and maintenance of defibrillators to enable heir access by members of public in Henfield and its immediately surrounding villages.To provide training to the public in emergency resuscitation.	£2,129
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE TRUST [Charity number: 1182241] The charity supports a range of good causes with a connection to firefighting and the consequences of fire, such as the rehabilitation of burns victims and injured firefighters, as well as other charitable causes supported by the Lord Mayor of the City of London from time to time.	£42,909
THE LIMINALITY TRUST [Charity number: 1203362] A) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 25 YEARS WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOURS AND WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION AS A RESULT, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE CAUSES FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF HARM ARISING FROM IT, BY:A. PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INTO THESE SUBJECTS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; B. PROVIDING TRAINING IN THESE SUBJECTS FOR SCHOOLS, THE POLICE AND AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
KINGS LYNN FOODBANK [Charity number: 1151936] All food given out by foodbanks is donated.Supermarket Collections are one of the main ways that food is donated. Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher. Foodbank clients bring their voucher to a foodbank centre where it can be redeemed for three days emergency food.	£231,793
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW NAZARETH UNITARIAN CHAPEL, PADIHAM [Charity number: 234602] Raise funds for a specific charity varying each year, for a child we sponsor in Africa, for air ambulance, childrens charities, medical charities.	£62,105
Wish Ambulance Scotland SCIO [Charity number: SC055546] The organisation's purposes are: a) The relief of need of persons disadvantaged by the approach of end of life, b) the advancement of health, c) the advancement of education in matters relating to end of life, and in furtherance of this by. i) Provision of services designed to improve the mental health and joy of persons approaching the end of life, including a 'Wish Ambulance' service ii) Provision of education relating to end-of-life matters iii) Working in partnership with other bodies to achieve the purposes
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM [Charity number: 1115933] Saving lives in wild and remote places. We provide a 365 days a year, 24/7 search and mountain rescue service to walkers and climbers in the Dark Peak, as well as assisting the police with lowland search and rescue of vulnerable persons.	£106,936
Scottish Fire Brigades Heritage Trust [Charity number: SC043929] The advancement of education as to history of the Fire Service in Scotland. The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science.	£65,312