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THE COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST

Registered charity 1132824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHT

PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED DEFIBRILLATORSTRAINING IN AED/CPR/BLS/FPOSSUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CFR SCHEMES

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£935k
Latest spending
£977k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £42,143 for the period, with total income of £934,724 and total expenditure of £976,867. At the year end, the charity held total funds of £201,519, comprising unrestricted funds of £111,495 and restricted funds of £90,024. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, noting that unrestricted free reserves are adequate for current circumstances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of core operating expenditure (held: £111k)
“The Trustees aim to hold unrestricted free reserves equivalent to three months of core operating expenditure, unless the Board determines that a different level is appropriate because of restricted fund commitments, operational commitments or exceptional circumstances. At 30 November 2025 unrestricted free reserves were £111,495, which the Trustees consider to be adequate for the charity's current circumstances.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Community Heartbeat Trust (Solutions) Limited
“The charity holds 100% of the ordinary share capital in The Community Heartbeat Trust (Solutions) Limited , a company incorporated in England and Wales. The principal activity of the company is the placement of community defibrillators .” — page 14
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 — The Community Heartbeat Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income
£935k
Total spending
£977k
Cost of raising funds
£18k
Reserves (reported)
£111k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£935k£977k
31/05/2024£916k£936k
31/05/2023£845k£828k
31/05/2022£953k£855k
31/05/2021£670k£680k

Common questions

Is THE COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £42,143 for the period, with total income of £934,724 and total expenditure of £976,867. At the year end, the charity held total funds of £201,519, comprising unrestricted funds of £111,495 and restricted funds of £90,024. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, noting that unrestricted free reserves are adequate for current circumstances. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FOUR OAKS, SUTTON COLDFIELD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£5k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£5k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FOUR OAKS, SUTTON COLDFIELDFY2023£175Home Missions & Other Church Societies

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
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT1£106k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST1£24k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO1£18k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST1£16k
THE CHRISTABELLA CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
ST EDMUNDS TRUST1£9k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY1£6k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST£935k—0unclear—no doubt
HEARTBEAT TRUST UK FY2024£238k—0above—no doubt
LONDON HEARTS FY2025£5.4m—0above—no doubt
HEART 2 HEART NORFOLK FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
HEARTS FOR HERTS FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
Walsall Rehabilitation and Healthy Living Trust FY2025£551k—0unclear—no doubt

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