NORTHWICK PARK CARDIAC RESEARCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1177753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is based at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, Middx and our object is to promote and protect good health for the public benefit by carrying out medical research with the aim of finding new treatments for heart disease. We also research different methods of assessing the function of the heart. The results of our work are made public through peer reviewed publication and presentations.

Objects

To promote and protect good health for the public benefit by carrying out medical research in particular but not exclusively into finding new treatments for heart disease, researching methods of assessing cardiac function and the development of interventional devices. To disseminate the results of such research for the public benefit. Offering education and training in the diagnosis, treatment and research of cardiac disease.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £865,315, a decrease from the previous year's £880,252. The trustees remain confident in the charity's financial viability and liquidity following a recovery period. All funds received are unrestricted and invested in a low-risk strategy to generate interest.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr NIGEL GRAHAM STEPHENSchair
• ANN LEWIS
• Dr AHMED ELGHAMAZ
• Dr Hugh Bethell
• Sara Rawlins

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

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

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