BRITISH CONGENITAL CARDIAC ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1171543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCCA

The advancement of health and education in all aspects of congenital cardiac diseases.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF CONGENITAL CARDIAC DISEASES IN PARTICULAR BY:• PROMOTING THE STUDY AND CARE OF THE FETUS AND CHILD WITH HEART DISEASES AND THE ADULT WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND• PROMOTING AND DISTRIBUTE STUDY DATA PERTAINING TO THESE PROBLEMS AND THEIR PREVENTION• PROMOTING RESEARCH IN CONGENITAL CARDIOLOGY AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, AND• THE IMPROVEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF PROFESSIONALS, THE PUBLIC AND THE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS

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

Registered contact address: City of Edinburgh, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net payment deficit of £10,808 for the year, reducing its cash funds from £71,354 to £60,546. The trustees believe that reserves are at a sufficient level to provide the funds to fulfil the objectives of the charity and note there are no going concern issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members' subscriptions
“Income received included members' subscription fees of £14,785, sponsorship income of £1,039, and bank interest of £405.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient level to provide the funds to fulfil the objectives of the charity (reserves figure: £61k)
“The trustees believe that reserves are at a sufficient level to provide the funds to fulfil the objectives of the charity” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 12/02/2025, 104 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 19/07/2023, 261 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£27k£34k
31/12/2024£25k£34k
31/12/2023£15k£14k
31/12/2022£18k£35k
31/12/2021£12k£7k

Common questions

Is BRITISH CONGENITAL CARDIAC ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net payment deficit of £10,808 for the year, reducing its cash funds from £71,354 to £60,546. The trustees believe that reserves are at a sufficient level to provide the funds to fulfil the objectives of the charity and note there are no going concern issues. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH CARDIAC RESEARCH TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH CONGENITAL CARDIAC ASSOCIATION£27k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH CARDIAC RESEARCH TRUST FY2025£5k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION SOCIETY FY2025£484k—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY FY2025£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH HEART CLUB FY2025£405k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FY2025£1.6m£80,001 - £90,0001within—no doubt

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