HEALING LITTLE HEARTS
Healing Little Hearts sends teams of Doctors and Nurses to a Hospital from all over the world to developing countries of the world to perform heart surgery and other types of paediatric surgery on children upto 18 years .The charity raises money here in the UK to fund the travel and stay of the teams.The team do not charge for their services. and all team members take annual leave for the trips
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF CHILD SUFFERERS WITH HEART CONDITIONS IN INDIA AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HEART PROCEDURES/SURGERY, AFTER CARE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £776,313, with unrestricted funds specifically at £723,697. The trustees confirm that these remaining unrestricted funds are sufficient to permit the charity to continue in operation at current levels of income and expenditure for the foreseeable future.
What the accounts disclose
“Donations and legacies 4 190,658 - 190,658 277,220” — page 9
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 250
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 250
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 250
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/12/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (10/02/2023)
Trustees
- Dr SANJIV NICHANI
- Dr salim jivanji
- Ram Dhannapuneni
- lesley mistry
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £220k | £209k |
| 31/03/2024 | £305k | £249k |
| 31/03/2023 | £274k | £240k |
| 31/03/2022 | £298k | £121k |
| 31/03/2021 | £101k | £11k |
Common questions
Is HEALING LITTLE HEARTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £776,313, with unrestricted funds specifically at £723,697. The trustees confirm that these remaining unrestricted funds are sufficient to permit the charity to continue in operation at current levels of income and expenditure for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HEALING LITTLE HEARTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HEALING LITTLE HEARTS as a grant recipient include THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, MAKE A CHANGE FOUNDATION, EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION, CARMEL MAR THOMA CHURCH,LIVERPOOL, THE RAINFORD TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £51k | |
| THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £50k | Grant to institutions |
| MAKE A CHANGE FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £32k | Charitable Expenditure - Healing Little |
| EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £22k | Children |
| EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £20k | Children |
| EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £10k | Children |
| CARMEL MAR THOMA CHURCH,LIVERPOOL | FY2025 | £6k | Free heart surgery for babies and children |
| THE RAINFORD TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Welfare |
| THE KANTA FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £2k | General Donation |
| CARMEL MAR THOMA CHURCH,LIVERPOOL | FY2024 | £370 | Fund Transfer |
| THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | amount not stated |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE PENNIES FOUNDATION | 2 | £86k |
| THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | 2 | £37k |
| THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION | 2 | £20k |
| THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED | 2 | £6k |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £3k |
| NNS FOUNDATION | 1 | £979k |
| THE MANOUKIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £427k |
| ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES | 1 | £312k |
Charities like this
- CHAIN OF HOPE
- YOUNG AT HEART
- HEARTLINK EALING HOSPITAL HEART SUPPORT GROUP
- SAVE A CHILD'S HEART
- ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S CHARITY
- HEART HEROES
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALING LITTLE HEARTS | £220k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CHAIN OF HOPE | £4.9m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| YOUNG AT HEART | £68k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HEARTLINK EALING HOSPITAL HEART SUPPORT GROUP | £22k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| SAVE A CHILD'S HEART | £47k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S CHARITY | £9.5m | — | — | below | — | no doubt |