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The British Cardiovascular Society

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £3.3m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Mr Nick Easterman.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bcs.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The British Cardiovascular Society
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.3m£3.3m
  • 2023£2.8m£3.0m
  • 2022£2.8m£2.9m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.3m£2.3m
  • 2020£2.1m£2.1m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO UNDERTAKE OR PROMOTE WITH RESPECT TO DISEASES OF THE HEART OR CIRCULATION ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE AND IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE PROMOTION AND EVALUATION OF BEST PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE TREATMENT OF SUCH DISEASES;2. MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;3. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SUCH DISEASES.

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.

12 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

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

Other services 12Health and social care 6Business services 1

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
2024
incomespending£3.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

25.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 21.6 in 2020

18 from 18 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
1093321
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 JANUARY 1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 MAY 2002 AND 26 APRIL 2006.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 NOV 2022
Companies House
Company number 03005604 · Active
Contact on the register
02073833887 · finance@bcs.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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