THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION

Registered charity 1135639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BACR, BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIAC REHABILITATION

Membership body providing guidance on and shaping the future of cardiac rehabilitation. Travel award granted annually, and courses run throughout year.

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE AND PROMOTE, WITH RESPECT TO DISEASES OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATION, ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE, AND IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 1. THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATION AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH DISEASES, BY PROMOTING PREVENTION, REHABILITATION, AND HEALTH EDUCATION.2. DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE TREATMENT OF SUCH DISEASES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £55,125 and total net assets of £580,530, demonstrating a secure financial position. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are held at a level sufficient to cover management and administration costs, with no stated reserves policy target specified. The organization is not dependent on any single funding source, with income diversified across education, conferences, and membership.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05086964

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GLOVER, Anne Maria — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Stephanie — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• CASNELLO, Susan — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Maria Gloverchair
• Amye Goddard
• Edward Caldow
• Heather Dawn Probert
• James Whitfield
• Janine O'Rourke
• Julie Hinchliffe
• Kirsty Hughes
• Marissa Melina Plaza Godoy
• Mark Griffiths
• Natalie Joy Graham
• Nicola Yvonne Gardiner
• Stephanie Wright
• Susan Jane Casnello

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

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

Income and spending

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