The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Heart Research UK

Registered charity 1044821 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.heartresearch.org.uk
Emailinfo@heartresearch.org.uk
Phone01132347474
AddressHEART RESEARCH UK, 12D JOSEPHS WELL, HANOVER WALK, LEEDS, LS3 1AB

Finances

£3,394,375 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,743,437£1,589,189
2021£2,731,081£3,577,577
2022£2,545,042£3,986,969
2023£4,017,338£3,323,986
2025£3,394,375£3,938,466

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Heart Research UK · 03026813 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/02/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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