THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY

Registered charity 1093321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH CARDIAC SOCIETY

Set standards of clinical excellence for the benefit of patients; maintaining the highest standards in training, education and research; aims to be the primary source of professional advice and advocacy in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, and engage with government, patient groups, research councils, funding bodies and industry.

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Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.3m

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £353,250 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in investment gains and conference income. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free undesignated reserves of £4,673,156, which represents 144% of total unrestricted annual resources expended, providing a buffer equivalent to 17 months of operation if income ceased.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of planned operational costs (held: £4.7m)

“The policy states that free and undesignated reserves should be maintained at a level which is at least equivalent to 2 years of planned operational costs, which would be equivalent to £6,376k of undesignated reserves based on the 2025 budget.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.3m

Cost of raising funds

£28k

Reserves (reported)

£7.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~25.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Moore · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Andrew James Ludman
Dr Damian Kelly
Dr John Robert Paisey
Dr Louise Buchanan
Dr Malcolm Barratt-Johnson
Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan
Lois Isobel Whittaker
Mr Nick Easterman
Nasreen Janmohamed
PROFESSOR NIKHIL PATEL
Prof Nick Linker
Professor Andre Ng

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£3.3m	£3.3m
31/12/2023	£2.8m	£3.0m
31/12/2022	£2.8m	£2.9m
31/12/2021	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/12/2020	£2.1m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £353,250 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in investment gains and conference income. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free undesignated reserves of £4,673,156, which represents 144% of total unrestricted annual resources expended, providing a buffer equivalent to 17 months of operation if income ceased. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY as a grant recipient include BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION, HEART RESEARCH UK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1.7m	Research
HEART RESEARCH UK	FY2022	£30k	HRUK BCS 3 Month Clinical Placement Fellowship
HEART RESEARCH UK	FY2022	£30k	HRUK BCS Clinical Team Placements x 2

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.

BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY income £1.6m
THE SOCIETY FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £1.1m
LONDON HEART HOUSE - FOUNDATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION income £229k
The Society for Cardiac Science and Technology LTD income £193k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING / BRITISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ( BSCI / BSCCT) income £185k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY	£3.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FY2025	£1.6m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON HEART HOUSE - FOUNDATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FY2025	£229k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Society for Cardiac Science and Technology LTD FY2024	£193k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING / BRITISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ( BSCI / BSCCT) FY2024	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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