WESSEX CARDIAC TRUST

Registered charity 1116510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve suffering from cardiovascular diseases primarily by supporting the work of the Wessex Cardiac Centre and working within the community of the Wessex Region. This is achieved by providing equipment, services and facilities to help patients and their relatives through the process of treatment, by funding research into the prevention, rehabilitation and cure of such diseases.

Objects

1) TO PAY OR APPLY OR CAUSE TO BE PAID OR APPLIED THE INCOME AND CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE DIRECTORS IN DISCRETION THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE WESSEX CARDIAC CENTRE AT PRESENT LOCATED AT SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL OR ANY INSTITUTION WHICH MAY REPLACE OR SUCCEED IT AND2) TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, THEIR CAUSES, INVESTIGATION, PREVENTION OR TREATMENT AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE, WILTSHIRE, DORSET, ISLE OF WIGHT, CHANNEL ISLANDS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,232,943 against expenditure of £1,088,317, resulting in a net increase in funds of £224,966. Free reserves stood at £855,546, which the trustees note is above their policy target of £500,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One member of staff had emoluments between £70,000 - £80,000 (2024: 1).” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One member of staff had emoluments between £70,000 - £80,000 (2024: 1).” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: above £500,000 (reserves figure: £856k)

“The intention is to keep free reserves above £500,000 which equates to two years running costs of the charity.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Wessex Heartbeat Limited

“Wessex Cardiac Trust has a wholly owned subsidiary, Wessex Heartbeat Limited. This company ceased to trade in 2012 and has remained dormant.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SKS Westlake Clark Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,000 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £250 — grants £250 (1); under 1% of the £1,130,377 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £804,867 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 2)
Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: WESSEX HEARTBEAT LIMITED Companies House 02757542
Registered company of the charity Companies House 05924982

WESSEX HEARTBEAT LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wessex Heartbeat (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MUNDEN, Andrew John — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
BURNS, Robert William — director, appointed 05/09/2023on trustee list
MORRIS, Clifford George — director, appointed 20/01/2022not on trustee list
EVANGELISTA, Jean-Paul — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
HAYDOCK, Paul Michael, Dr — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
BHARUCHA, Tara, Dr — director, appointed 10/03/2020on trustee list
SCARFE, Nigel Stanley Gordon — director, appointed 19/07/2016not on trustee list
WILKINSON, James Richard, Dr — director, appointed 03/07/2012on trustee list
PIERCE, Jonathan Mark Thomas, Dr — director, appointed 07/12/2011on trustee list
LONGHURST, George Arthur — director, appointed 21/09/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £320k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£522k

Reserves (reported)

£856k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 42.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mr N Scarfechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Munden
Cliff Morris
Dr James Richard Wilkinson
Dr Jonathan Mark Thomas Pierce
Dr Paul Haydock
Dr Tara Bharucha
George Arthur Longhurst
Jean-Paul Evangelista
Nandita Pal
Robert Burns

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

Operates in: Dorset · Guernsey · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Jersey · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£802k
31/12/2023	£805k	£783k
30/09/2022	£411k	£429k
30/09/2021	£488k	£513k

Common questions

Is WESSEX CARDIAC TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,232,943 against expenditure of £1,088,317, resulting in a net increase in funds of £224,966. Free reserves stood at £855,546, which the trustees note is above their policy target of £500,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SKS Westlake Clark Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of WESSEX CARDIAC TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
CEO SLEEPOUT	1	£45k
THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUST	1	£27k
FRAZER TRUST	1	£9k
EARL OF CHICHESTER'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESSEX MEDICAL TRUST.

WESSEX MEDICAL TRUST income £182k
HEART RESEARCH WALES income £66k
CARDIAC AND THORACIC SURGERY UK income £146k
BRITISH CARDIAC RESEARCH TRUST income £5k
The Teesside Charity income £620k
KESWICK ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £171k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WESSEX CARDIAC TRUST	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
WESSEX MEDICAL TRUST FY2025	£182k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEART RESEARCH WALES FY2025	£66k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIAC AND THORACIC SURGERY UK FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH CARDIAC RESEARCH TRUST FY2025	£5k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Teesside Charity FY2025	£620k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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