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THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1052813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LHCH Charity, LIV HRT CHST HOSP NHSFT, THE CARDIOTHORACIC CENTRE - LIVERPOOL CHARITY, THE HEART APPEAL, THE MERSEYBEAT APPEAL

Funds are applied to Research into diseases of the heart and lungs;Enhanced welfare and amenities available to staff and patients;Purchase of invaluable additional medical equipment;Provide education opportunities for our staff to develop their clinical techniques to further improve patient care;Robert Owen House providing inexpensive overnight accommodation to patient relatives

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£635k
Latest spending
£573k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,278,000, which falls within the charity's stated policy target range of £500,000 to £1,500,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £49,000 for the year, driven by total incoming resources of £635,000 against total expenditure of £573,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the approval date.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £500,000 and £1,500,000 (held: £1.3m)
“the target range of unrestricted reserves is between £500,000 and £1,500,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants and recharged staff costs
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, the Charity incurred £309k in expenditure and received £0k of income with the NHS Foundation Trust. Amounts owed by the Foundation Trust at 31 March 2025 were £0k and amounts owed to the Foundation Trust were £329k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£635k
Total spending
£573k
Cost of raising funds
£238k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~26.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£635k£573k
31/03/2024£730k£1.2m
31/03/2023£693k£1.0m
31/03/2022£557k£937k
31/03/2021£1.3m£982k

Common questions

Is THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,278,000, which falls within the charity's stated policy target range of £500,000 to £1,500,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £49,000 for the year, driven by total incoming resources of £635,000 against total expenditure of £573,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the approval date. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£132kGrants to members
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023£0Grants awarded 2023

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST1£354k
PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM1£169k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£165k
THE HEADLEY TRUST1£100k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£30k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£20k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION1£5k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY£635k—0within—no doubt
ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL TRANSPLANT FUND FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025£930k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£540k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.