HEART LINK CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1203709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support patients and families of children born with a congenital heart defect and come under the auspicies of the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, run by University Hospitals Leicester

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASE AND ALLIED CONDITIONS AND THOSE UNDER THE CARE OF THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER EAST MIDLANDS CONGENITAL HEART CENTRE AND/OR THOSE RECEIVING E.C.M.O (EXTRA CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION) TREATMENT.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £30,185 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves. The trustees report that the present level of reserves is sufficient to meet the charity's requirements and that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Celerica Ltd. Discloses 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HeartLink Children's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Geoffrey Walter Smart MBEchair
• CHRISTINE RIGBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diane Mary O'Donovan
• Graeme John Williams
• Jennifer Marion Burgess
• Karen Angela Dilks
• Margaret Dilks
• Ondina Boaro
• Shirley Barnes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen George Blay
• Susan Elizabeth Ward
• Virginia Anne McGurk
• Wayne Vincent Matts · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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