Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- This funder fits your work only if it is a local community group raising money for a community public-access defibrillator (CPAD), since its open grant is a top-up to that fundraising.
- Its other activity, including community CPR and first-aid education, colleague and volunteer wellbeing, and health inequality research, is run or awarded to the Trust and YAS staff groups, so outside groups should not expect funding for those.
- The annual report gives no grants total or grant range, so the funder's typical size of award is not known, and a request should be framed as a contribution to your own fundraising.
- Applications are rolling but are currently accepted only from the Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas, so check that your group is in one of them.
- Email yas.charity@nhs.net, and the funder strongly recommends discussing your plans with its Community Defibrillation Co-ordinator before you start fundraising.
Overview
Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1114106).
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity exists to save more lives across Yorkshire and the Humber by enabling everyone to respond to a medical emergency in the appropriate way and by supporting those who deal with such emergencies. It directly funds and delivers activity, and also awards grants to the Trust and YAS staff networks, groups and clubs from both its unrestricted and restricted funds. Its own programmes include two community education initiatives, and it part-funds community public-access defibrillators (CPADs) through its grant programme.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The charity raises funds to support Yorkshire Ambulance Service and projects that help people respond to medical emergencies. It funds community public-access defibrillators and community education, including CPR and first-aid awareness, as well as equipment and training that enable the public to respond in emergencies. It also supports the health and wellbeing of colleagues and volunteers, and funds research and pathways intended to improve health for disadvantaged communities. The charity directly funds and delivers activity as well as awarding grants to the Trust and YAS staff networks, groups and clubs; it also works with local organisations and communities to advance its objectives. Local community groups raising funds for a defibrillator can apply for top-up support.
Themes
- Community defibrillators
- Community education
- Colleague and volunteer support
- Health inequality research
Geographic Focus
Priority: Yorkshire and the Humber: East Riding of Yorkshire County, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire County and 4 more places in United Kingdom.
What they don't fund
- Defibrillator Grants only: We are currently only accepting applications for funding support from the Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas; Local community based groups, who are raising funds for a CPAD can apply for these funds to top up their own fundraising
How to apply
To apply for funding support towards a CPAD, email yas.charity@nhs.net.
Who can apply:
- CPAD Grant: Local community based groups, who are raising funds for a CPAD can apply for these funds to top up their own fundraising. We are currently only accepting applications for funding support from the Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The charity strongly recommends that groups discuss their CPAD plans with the Community Defibrillation Co-ordinator before fundraising.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £328,684 | £263,722 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £702,235 | £287,550 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £149,797 | £355,299 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £304,762 | £409,536 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £231,755 | £277,379 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
— No grants figure for that year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- yascharity.org.uk
- yascharity.org.uk/about-us · read on 31 October 2026
- yascharity.org.uk/defibrillator-grants/how-to-apply · read on 31 October 2026
- yascharity.org.uk/defibrillator-grants · read on 31 October 2026
- yascharity.org.uk/community-education · read on 31 October 2026
- yascharity.org.uk/contact-us · read on 31 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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