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LITTLE HEARTS MATTER

Registered charity 1123290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support & advice via telephone helplines, information on diagnoses & treatment, putting families in touch with others with similar experiences through regional support groups, updates & ongoing contact via regular members newsletters, education events for families to meet & learn from medical experts, raising the profile of these conditions etc., etc.,

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£372k
Latest spending
£558k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £185,611 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £114,718. Per the trustees' report, this was due to a significant drop in income and the charity is currently recruiting a new long-term CEO to stabilize its financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £115k)
“The Charity would like to maintain a general fund cash balance equating to between three and six months of expenditure from the unrestricted general fund.” — page 5
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 — Little Hearts Matter (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£577k
Total spending
£622k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£276k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (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
31/12/2025£372k£558k
31/12/2024£577k£622k
31/12/2023£447k£504k
31/12/2022£443k£413k
31/12/2021£430k£361k

Common questions

Is LITTLE HEARTS MATTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £185,611 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £114,718. Per the trustees' report, this was due to a significant drop in income and the charity is currently recruiting a new long-term CEO to stabilize its financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LITTLE HEARTS MATTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LITTLE HEARTS MATTER as a grant recipient include LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST, MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION, BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kDiscretionary Grants
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kshare of £65,000 donation
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£9k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£8kOther grants
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£7k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£7k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£7k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kWelfare of the Young
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kWelfare of the Young
THE COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£4kNote 6(aa)
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2022£4kHealth
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£3kLife-Limiting
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2022£1kMedica/Disabled
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2021£1kMedical/Disabled
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2025£1k
HERNE HILL BAPTIST CHURCHFY2022£1kto help those suffering from illness
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATIONFY2024£875
EXTRA MILE CHALLENGESFY2024£547
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£500
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£480
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£480
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£0Discretionary Grant
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2024£0Medical/Disabled
THE JENOUR FOUNDATIONFY2026—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/10/2025£18kSupporting adults with only half a working heart
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£19kSupporting our bereaved community
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2022£155kCreating Communities Reducing Isolation
UK government28/02/2020£6kUK Youth Fund YAF
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2019£10kIn Memory Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/03/2019£105kHelping Families to Stay Connected

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
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST2£392k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST2£156k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED2£20k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST2£4k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST2£2k
THE BRIAN MITCHELL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1—
THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION1£6.3m
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£322k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EVELINA CHILDREN'S HEART ORGANISATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LITTLE HEARTS MATTER£372k—0unclear—no doubt
EVELINA CHILDREN'S HEART ORGANISATION LIMITED FY2024£332k—0unclear—no doubt
HEARTS TOGETHER FY2025£674k—0above—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR SHORT LIVES FY2025£6.0m——unclear—no doubt
HELP IN NEED TODAY FY2025£558k—0unclear—no doubt
WORLD HEART BEAT MUSIC ACADEMY LTD FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt

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