DS43 COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATORS

Registered charity 1200478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Advancement of health and the saving of lives in Hartlepool and the surrounding area by:-a) The provision of Public Access Defibrillators (AED's) in areas of suitable utility.b) Promoting awareness of AED's and providing information and education pertaining to their safe and correct use.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES IN HARTLEPOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY:-A) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATORS (AED’S) IN AREAS OF SUITABLE UTILITY.B) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF AED’S AND PROVIDING INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PERTAINING TO THEIR SAFE AND CORRECT USE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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: Hartlepool, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity aims to maintain a minimum financial reserve of £38,000 to underpin the maintenance of defibrillators installed over a 10-year period. The trustees declare that they have approved the report, and the charity relies on community donations, raffles, and grants to fund its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The charity funds are raised in the main via donations, raffles and grant applications.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 56

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: Hartlepool

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£29k£18k
31/12/2024£27k£36k
31/12/2023£63k£35k

Common questions

Is DS43 COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATORS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity aims to maintain a minimum financial reserve of £38,000 to underpin the maintenance of defibrillators installed over a 10-year period. The trustees declare that they have approved the report, and the charity relies on community donations, raffles, and grants to fund its activities.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2023£20kDS43 Community Defibrillators

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IOW DEFIBRILLATORS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DS43 COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATORS£29k—0unclear—no doubt
IOW DEFIBRILLATORS FY2026£46k—0unclear—no doubt
AED DONATE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH EAST HEARTS WITH GOALS FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON HEARTS FY2025£5.4m—0above—no doubt
HARTLEPOOL NDC TRUST FY2025£109k—0below—no doubt

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