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CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY FUND

Registered charity 1148359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objective of the charity is to enhance the quality of care and support available to babies, young children and adult congenital cardiac patients, who are treated at the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit, based at Leeds General Infirmary.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £127,429 for the year ended 31 December 2024, which utilized designated reserves for organizational development. Per the trustees' report, total reserves at year-end were £487,658, representing 7.3 months' costs and remaining in line with the charity's policy target of four to eight months' costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following bands was: 2024 No 2023 No 1 £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 30
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four to eight months' costs, excluding costs of direct support to beneficiaries (held: £488k)
“Trustees amended the policy in 2024, and agreed the charity should aim to maintain reserves sufficient to cover four to eight months' costs, excluding costs of direct support to beneficiaries.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HPH. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children's Heart Surgery Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£388k
Reserves (reported)
£488k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.0m£1.2m
31/12/2023£1.3m£1.1m
31/12/2022£851k£1.1m
31/12/2021£962k£1.2m
31/12/2020£916k£820k

Common questions

Is CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £127,429 for the year ended 31 December 2024, which utilized designated reserves for organizational development. Per the trustees' report, total reserves at year-end were £487,658, representing 7.3 months' costs and remaining in line with the charity's policy target of four to eight months' costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HPH.

Who funds CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY FUND as a grant recipient include CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY, THE RASCHE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITYFY2022£226krelief of young people
THE RASCHE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£60kProviding support to the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit so that they can provide life-saving medical equipment, parent accommodation and vital ward resources.
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2025£4k
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATIONFY2024£4kfunding of the full year costs of a full time multi-lingual BME Community Support worker
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£3k
YORKSHIRE PROPERTY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kSupport for children and families affected by congenital heart disease
D D MCPHAIL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT CIOFY2025£2k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2022£570
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£250
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2024£0Employee grant support programme
D D MCPHAIL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT CIOFY2024£0Smaller grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2021£8kFamily Support Worker
UK government27/07/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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 PENNIES FOUNDATION3£1.4m
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES2£347k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST2£18k
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION2£8k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION2£8k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION2£8k
THE DWF FOUNDATION2£2k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust2£700

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
CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY FUND£1.0m—1unclear—no doubt
EVELINA CHILDREN'S HEART ORGANISATION LIMITED FY2024£332k—0unclear—no doubt
WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL TRANSPLANT FUND FY2025£218k—0unclear—no doubt
YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2023£2.4m—0above52.7%no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt
ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025£10.3m£140,000 - £149,999—above—no doubt

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