HEARTBEAT NORTHWEST CARDIAC CARE
Registered charity 1168850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEARTBEAT
Heartbeat is a Lancashire based charity established in 1978. Our purpose is to contribute to a reduction in cardiovascular disease through the delivery of services aimed at existing heart patients and those identified as at risk of developing it.Heartbeat delivers; clinical testing, rehabilitation, education, advice, support and training to children, young people and adults across Lancashire
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £50,890 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £469,159. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £139,606, which is below the stated policy target of 26 weeks of annual operating expenditure (£512,027). The trustees consider the current level of free reserves sufficient given the strength of the balance sheet and stable cash flows, with a target to rebuild reserves to the policy level.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 26 weeks of annual operating expenditure (held: £140k)
“Our policy is to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to 26 weeks of annual operating expenditure, which currently equates to £512,027” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Heartbeat (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- TRUBY, Jill — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
- SCHOFIELD, Richard — director, appointed 28/03/2025on trustee list
- TONER, Peter — director, appointed 28/03/2025on trustee list
- MILLWARD, Steve — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
- MAVER, Neil David — director, appointed 07/06/2024on trustee list
- GOODIER, George Philip — director, appointed 30/04/2021on trustee list
- CHOHAN, Jacqueline Marie — director, appointed 30/04/2021on trustee list
- DRANSFIELD, Caroline Sarah — secretary, appointed 27/04/2017
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 · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£153k
Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Jacqueline Chohanchair
- GEORGE PHILIP GOODIER · trustee of 3 other charities
- Jill Truby
- Neil Maver
- Peter Toner
- Steve Millward
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HEARTBEAT NORTHWEST CARDIAC CARE financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £50,890 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £469,159. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £139,606, which is below the stated policy target of 26 weeks of annual operating expenditure (£512,027). The trustees consider the current level of free reserves sufficient given the strength of the balance sheet and stable cash flows, with a target to rebuild reserves to the policy level. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Government & lottery funding
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