Registered charity · Suffolk
The Community Heartbeat Trust
The Community Heartbeat Trust is a registered charity (number 1132824) based in Suffolk, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Ronald Simpson BEM since 2021. Latest income £935k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as CHT (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £935k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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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.communityheartbeat.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£935k£977k
- 2024£916k£936k
- 2023£845k£828k
Earlier years
- 2022£953k£855k
- 2021£670k£680k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE PROVISION OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AED ( PREDOMINANTLY PUBLICACCESS DEFIBRILLATORS);B) THE PROVISION OF A AED COMMUNITY PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION (CPAD)SERVICE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES;C) SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY RESPONDER SCHEMES (OR SIMILARSCHEMES OFFERING SIMILAR SERVICES) IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN ASPECTS OF 'FIRST PERSONON SCENE', 'EMERGENCY FIRST AID', 'BASIC LIFE SUPPORT1, AND 'ADVANCED LIFESUPPORT' AND SIMILAR MEDICAL PROGRAMMES.
Grants received
5 grants · £12,400 total360Giving 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 · £9,000 (3 grants)
- Making A Difference Locally · £2,200
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £1,200
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Ronald Simpson BEM Chair since 2021
- David Arnold since 2019
- Graham Whitehead since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- David Arnold since 2019
- Graham Whitehead since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- David Arnold since 2019
- Graham Whitehead since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Ronald Simpson BEM Chair since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1132824
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED 26 MAY 2009 AS AMENDED 14 OCTOBER 2009
- Contact on the register
- 0330 1243 067 · chair@communityheartbeat.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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