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Registered charity · Bury St. Edmunds

Upbeat

Upbeat is a registered charity (number 1087415) based in Bury St. Edmunds, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by David Leonard Axton since 2025. Latest income £47k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

Also known as Upbeat-Heart Support in West Suffolk (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £47k (2026)
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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.upbeatheartsupport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£47k£56k
  • 2025£51k£57k
  • 2024£47k£59k
Earlier years
  • 2023£49k£60k
  • 2022£44k£42k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE OR HAVE HAD CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND RELATED ILLNESSES, WITHIN THE AREA GENERALLY KNOWN AS WEST SUFFOLK.

Grants received

11 grants · £33,077 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

  • Suffolk Community Foundation · £20,300 (9 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,677
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,100

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.

11 trustees on the board

6.1y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

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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 11

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£51k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1087415
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18/05/2001AS AMENDED ON 23/05/2003AS AMENDED ON 17/05/2013 as amended on 11 Jul 2023
Contact on the register
01284747238 · valerie_axton@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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