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Registered charity · Leeds

Heart Research UK

the promotion and furtherance of medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease and related conditions; andthe advancement of health or the saving of lives by providing practical help with the prevention, treatment and...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.heartresearch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Heart Research UK
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.4m£3.9m
  • 2023£4.0m£3.3m
  • 2022£2.5m£4.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.7m£3.6m
  • 2020£2.7m£1.6m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

the promotion and furtherance of medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease and related conditions; andthe advancement of health or the saving of lives by providing practical help with the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of people with such diseases

Grants received

12 grants · £100,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 13Business services 11Dormant 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
incomespending£3.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

11.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 21.8 in 2020

38 from 23 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1044821
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/02/1995AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/03/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/05/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/09/2011 as amended on 19 Dec 2021 as amended on 25 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 03026813 · Active
Contact on the register
01132347474 · info@heartresearch.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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