THE SUSSEX HEART CHARITY

Registered charity 1120998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Sussex Heart Charity improves the lives of people with heart conditions across Sussex. We fund equipment, projects and professional development in local NHS cardiac services, support cardiac rehabilitation, publish patient information, help communities access defibrillators and CPR awareness training, and facilitate peer support.

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) AREA TO BE THE SUCCESSOR CHARITY TO THE CHARITY KNOWN AS THE BRIGHTON HEART SUPPORT TRUST CREATED BY DECLARATION OF TRUST ON 20 JULY 1987 AND REGISTERED AS CHARITY NUMBER 297337 AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO RECEIVE LEGACIES AN DONATIONS OF KINDS THERETOB (1) TO PROMOTE THE CARE, TREATMENT, RESUSCITATION AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CARDIAC DISEASE (OR FROM ANY OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS) B (2) TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT, SUBSIDIES OR SPONSOR THE PROVISION OF PROJECTS, FACILITIES OR PERSONNEL BY OR THROUGH THE CARDIAC SERVICES OF THE ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL OR ANY OTHER HOSPITAL WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFITB (3) TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH IN RELATION THERETOB (4) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR THE CARE, TREATMENT, RESUSCITATION AND REHABILITATION OF SUCH PERSONS WITHIN THE AREAS OF BRIGHTON & HOVE, EAST SUSSEX AND WEST SUSSEX ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT").

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON & HOVE, EAST SUSSEX AND WEST SUSSEX.

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

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

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £231,866 for the year, driven by increased donations, legacies, and investment gains. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £878,332, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of at least £250,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

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
• 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
• 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

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sussex Heart Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter David Mark Freemanchair
• Arionilson Pedro Gomes
• David Scott · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Emma Louise Hogan
• Dr Mark John Tomlinson
• James Richard Williams
• Prudence Ruth Daniels

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sussex Community NHS Charity.

• Sussex Community NHS Charity income £141k
• THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £3.6m
• WESSEX CARDIAC TRUST income £1.2m
• HEARTBEAT UK income £40k
• LONDON HEARTS income £5.4m
• SUSSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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