HEARTBEAT UK

Registered charity 1124786 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raises funds to provide defibrillators and have trained people available to use them at public events/ venues.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF CARDIAC DISEASES AND CARDIAC RELATED ILLNESSES AND THEIR CARERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GUIDANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE;3.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CARDIAC DISEASES AND CARDIAC RELATED ILLNESSES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES; AND3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO CARDIAC DISEASES AND CARDIAC RELATED ILLNESSES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £14,387, though the trustees note this surplus is predominantly bank funds imminently ready to be spent on cardiac equipment. The charity reported a surplus of £11,681 for the year, with voluntary income remaining consistent with the previous year despite a significant drop in expenditure on cardiac equipment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: enough to cover daily running costs of the charity (held: £14k)

“The trustees have set a policy that all donations received should be spent on cardiac equipment or cardiac support and administration costs and normally has relatively low reserves other than enough to cover daily running costs of the charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees reimbursed for expenses

“Some expenses are reimbursed to trustees: these include telephone calls on personal phones for charity business, postage and mileage done in their private car to collect volunteers and visit sites on charity business and subsistence.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

ROBERT CALVERTchair
Claire Hennerley
GLENYS BLOOR
KARL ANDREW MARSHALL
MARIE PEPPER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£40k	£28k
31/07/2024	£40k	£43k
31/07/2023	£44k	£46k
31/07/2022	£32k	£28k
31/07/2021	£5k	£7k

Common questions

Is HEARTBEAT UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £14,387, though the trustees note this surplus is predominantly bank funds imminently ready to be spent on cardiac equipment. The charity reported a surplus of £11,681 for the year, with voluntary income remaining consistent with the previous year despite a significant drop in expenditure on cardiac equipment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.