YEOVIL HEARTBEAT

Registered charity 1160305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides support to a cardiac rehabilitation programme, including exercise classes and counselling services, for all cardiac patients in the catchment area of Yeovil District Hospital. Fundraising events and private donations enable the charity to maintain and replace gym equipment for the rehabilitation unit and and to fund specialist training for the cardiac staff at YDH.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AREPRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN YEOVIL AND DISTRICT FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEART RELATED CONDITIONS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO UNDERGO AN EXERCISE PROGRAMME MONITORED BY APPROPRIATELY TRAINED STAFF AND BY SUPPORTING CARDIAC REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION IN THE AREA COVERED BY YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £220,000 in unrestricted reserves, comprising a £20,000 trading contingency and a £200,000 gym refurbishment fund. The trustees report a strong financial position with a trading balance of £24,736 and note that the reserves policy targets approximately six months' operating expenditure for resilience. The charity generated a surplus of £10,411 for the year, supported by donations, gym fees, and interest income.

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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yeovil Heartbeat (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Davidsonchair
• Andrew Woods
• Anthony Love
• Henry Philip Eveleigh
• Janet Margaret Bamford
• John Sims Hayward
• Paul Hurt
• Rita Janice Hurt
• TERENCE STREET
• Terence Edward Hort

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

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