ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

Active
Company number 03866129Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1999

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 86900

Where the company stands among the 74,960 active companies whose first SIC code is 86900 (Other human health activities).

Company age27.1 years
Older than 97% · median 5.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
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  4. YGEIA3 LTD£298.2m
  5. AMICUS THERAPEUTICS UK LIMITED£277.3m
  6. CREW 2000 (SCOTLAND)£251.2m
  7. NOVERO HEALTH CARE LTD£172.5m
  8. THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST£155.7m
  9. STRYKER UK LIMITED£138.2m
  10. BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION£130.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

What kind of company is it?

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 03866129. It was incorporated on 21 Oct 1999. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (EC1M). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other human health activities (86900).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 74,960 active companies whose first SIC code is 86900: It is older than 97% of them (median age 5.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 48 public contract award notices from 37 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £117.7m. Its most frequent buyer is NHS England (5 contracts). 13 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £1.5m, mainly from Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 1077265) with a latest reported income of £98.8m. It is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a provider with 3 active locations, all rated good or outstanding. HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, pharmaceuticals. Its gender pay gap report for 2026/27 shows no gap in median hourly pay. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

2 of 4 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 30 Oct 2027.

Public contracts

48 contracts

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE is named as a supplier in 48 public contract award notices from 37 public sector buyers since 2015. The 32 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £117.7m. 13 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers37
NHS England
5 contracts · £106.7m
ESPO
3 contracts
Ministry of Defence
2 contracts · £403.7k
Plymouth City Council
2 contracts · £221.9k
NHS Blood and Transplant
2 contracts · £156.1k
Contracts
  1. LAS Ambulance Services Resilience Partnership‡London Ambulance Service NHS Trust · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £3,250,000 in total · runs until Nov 2029
  2. First Aid Training/Qualifications for SCC staffSouthampton City Council · £26,000 · runs until Jun 2028
  3. LCC Training Framework‡Lincolnshire County Council · shared by 47 suppliers, up to £2,500,000 in total · 3 lots · runs until Jul 2031
  4. Provision of music related services to children, young people, and familiesNorfolk County Council · shared by 9 suppliers, up to £900,000 in total · runs until Aug 2034
  5. Medical and First Aid Provision for Events‡Sheffield City Council · £46,470 · runs until May 2029
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  1. Physical First Aid and Mental Health first aid training‡ENVIRONMENT AGENCY · £560,000 · runs until Apr 2027
  2. Provision of First Aid Training for NHSBTNHS Blood and Transplant · £120,000 · runs until Apr 2029
  3. General Health & Safety TrainingTHE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · £39,167 · runs until Mar 2028
  4. GOSH Children’s Acute Transport Services (CATS)Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · £981,350 · runs until Sep 2027
  5. Training and Development ServicesEast of England NHS collaborative Procurement Hub · shared by 59 suppliers, up to £925,926 in total · runs until Jan 2028
  6. Social Impact FrameworkEast of England NHS collaborative Procurement Hub · shared by 45 suppliers, up to £700,000 in total · runs until Dec 2026
  7. Matlock Bath Illuminations Event First Aid and Paramedic SupportDerbyshire Dales District Council · £100,000 · runs until Oct 2027
  8. First Aid Services - Bedford Kite and Motoring Festival June 21st & 22nd 2025 - AWARD‡Bedford Borough Council · £3,312
  9. Mental Health Training for Managers‡NHS Blood and Transplant · £36,105 · runs until May 2027
  10. Medical Cover for Southport Major Events For the Period of 01 April 2024 until 31st December 2024 with optional 2 x 12 Month Extensions Available‡Sefton Council · £35,000
  11. Supply of Events Equipment and Services‡EU SUPPLY LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £570,000 in total · runs until Dec 2026
  12. Supply of Events Equipment and Services‡Hull City Council · £150,000
  13. 708244450 PROVISION OF AMBULANCES AND TRAINED CREW TO SUPPORT LONDON DISTRICT EVENTS - TRANSPARENCY ONLYMinistry of Defence · £169,127 · runs until Jan 2029
  14. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Community Network 2023 - 2025‡NHS England
  15. Physical First Aid and Mental Health first aid Training‡EA · £450,000
  16. COV - G23MED - First Aid and Medical Provision for Godiva Festival 2023 - AWARD‡Coventry City Council (COV) · £70,912
  17. Medical and First Aid Cover for Events‡Sheffield City Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £90,026 in total
  18. 23798 - Event Medical Provision‡Plymouth City Council · £72,851
  19. Cardiac transport‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University… · £1,200,000
  20. Vaccination Volunteer‡NHS England · £1,769,856 · 2 lots
  21. Ambulance Auxiliary Support Service‡NHS England · £52,200,000
  22. First Aid ServicesDEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · £178,182
  23. BSP-20-013 Uniforms, Protective Clothing and Protective Equipment‡The Education Authority · £520,000
  24. 67_22 - First Aid Consumables & Furniture‡ESPO · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £1,400,000 in total
  25. 67_22 - First Aid Consumables and Furniture‡ESPO · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £150,000 in total
  26. Voluntary Sector Surge Support (Ambulance Support)‡NHS England · £4,500,000
  27. Non-Emergency Patient Transport BCH‡University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · £301,190
  28. 1,505,950‡Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · £1,505,950
  29. Provision of Enhanced Medical Support to Ten Tors Event‡MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £234,587
  30. Covid 19 Vaccinations Programme - Workforce Delivery‡NHS England · £48,240,000
  31. Medical Services for Events‡Sunderland City Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £200,000 in total
  32. YAS 38 2017_18 Non-Emergency Patient Transport Framework Agreement - AWARD‡NOE-CPC · shared by 33 suppliers
  33. Flexible Purchasing System - Event Support Services‡Liverpool City Council · shared by 19 suppliers, up to £2,200,000 in total
  34. Mental Health First Aid Training‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £135,933
  35. Extension of existing contract - CQC Health and Safety Training extension period 01/11/2021 to 31/10/2022Care Quality Commission · £82,000 · 2 lots
  36. Provision of L3 Certificate in emergency response ambulance driving ( LS CERAD) - AWARD‡University of Cumbria
  37. Provision of Ambulances and Trained Crew to Support London District Events‡Army Commercial · £72,930
  38. GB-London: Provision of Ambulances and Trained Crew to Support London District Events‡Ministry of Defence, C&C, Other · £73,000
  39. Event Medical Provision‡Plymouth City Council · £149,000
  40. 67_18 - Supply of First Aid Consumables and Furniture‡ESPO · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £1,600,000 in total
  41. GP Urgent Patient Transport Service‡Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group
  42. Armed Forces Day national event: Medical provision‡NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL · £24,222
  43. Paediatric & Neonatal Transport Services‡BIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL · £3,615,720

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

2 grants

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £1.5m.

Funders
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
1 grant · £1.3m
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
1 grant · £154k
Grants
  1. Uniformed Youth Fund 2022-25 - St John AmbulanceDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £1,298,737 · Uniformed Youth Fund 2022-25
  2. Coronavirus Community Support FundDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £154,000

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2026/27
Median hourly pay
no gap
Mean hourly pay
women 3.7% higher
Median bonus pay
women 98.6% higher
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter56% womenLower middle53% womenUpper middle54% womenUpper pay quarter56% women
Earlier years (9)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2025/26
women 1.4% lower
women 1.7% lower
2024/25
women 1.7% lower
women 5.8% lower
2023/24
women 2.8% lower
women 1.8% lower
2022/23
women 1.3% lower
women 5.5% lower
2021/22
no gap
women 1.9% lower
2020/21
women 1.5% lower
women 5.9% lower
2019/20
no gap
women 5.5% lower
2018/19
women 3.8% lower
women 7.4% lower
2017/18
women 5.3% lower
women 8.5% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements1
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 1077265
Registered with the Charity Commission
2 Sep 1999
Income, year to 31 Dec 2025
£98.8m
Spending
£100.7m

Provide First Aid Training, First Aid Services, Ambulance Services, Youth Services

View on the register of charities

Care Quality Commission3 locations
Rated good
3
  1. GoodSt John Ambulance North RegionStockport · Ambulance service · rated 8 Nov 2025
  2. GoodSt John Ambulance - Midlands RegionWest Bromwich · Ambulance service · rated 21 Feb 2025
  3. GoodSt John Ambulance - South RegionBrighton · Ambulance service · rated 23 Oct 2024

Active registered locations in England with their latest overall rating. View the provider at the CQC

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting and electrical equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, pharmaceuticals, plastics and miscellaneous metal articles.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

26 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Mrs Ann Elizabeth Cable ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Mr Neil Wood ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mr Michael Messinger ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel John Jarvis ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mrs Janet Gough ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Mr Stephen John Frost ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (18)
  1. Very Reverend Nicholas Arthur Frayling ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Dr Alan Charles Nelson Borg ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Mrs Judith Kathleen Wright ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mrs Annabelle Boyes ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mrs Ann Elizabeth Cable registered as a person with significant control
  6. Mrs Janet Gough registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Neil Wood registered as a person with significant control
  8. Canon Paul Denby ceased to be a person with significant control
  9. Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel John Jarvis registered as a person with significant control
  10. Mr Michael Messinger registered as a person with significant control
  11. Mr Stephen John Frost registered as a person with significant control
  12. Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams registered as a person with significant control
  13. Very Reverend Nicholas Arthur Frayling registered as a person with significant control
  14. Dr Alan Charles Nelson Borg registered as a person with significant control
  15. Mrs Judith Kathleen Wright registered as a person with significant control
  16. Mrs Annabelle Boyes registered as a person with significant control
  17. Canon Paul Denby registered as a person with significant control
  18. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.