Registered charity (CIO) · Loughborough

Heart Link Children's Charity

Heart Link Children's Charity is a registered charity (number 1203709) based in Loughborough, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Geoffrey Walter Smart MBE since 2023. Latest income £211k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

13 trustees
Income £211k (2026)

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Disability
Where: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and more
Website: heartlinkchildrenscharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2023

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2026£211k£241k
2025£210k£290k
2024£0£0

Income trend, 2024 to 2026.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASE AND ALLIED CONDITIONS AND THOSE UNDER THE CARE OF THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER EAST MIDLANDS CONGENITAL HEART CENTRE AND/OR THOSE RECEIVING E.C.M.O (EXTRA CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION) TREATMENT.

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.

13 trustees on the board

Geoffrey Walter Smart MBE Chair since 2023
Christine Rigby since 2024
Diane Mary O'Donovan since 2026
Graeme John Williams since 2023
Jennifer Marion Burgess since 2023
Karen Angela Dilks since 2023
Margaret Dilks since 2023
Ondina Boaro since 2026
Shirley Barnes since 2023
Stephen George Blay since 2023
Susan Elizabeth Ward since 2024
Virginia Anne Mcgurk since 2023
Wayne Vincent Matts since 2023

2.4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Geoffrey Walter Smart MBE Chair since 2023
Diane Mary O'Donovan since 2026
Graeme John Williams since 2023
Jennifer Marion Burgess since 2023
Karen Angela Dilks since 2023
Margaret Dilks since 2023
Ondina Boaro since 2026
Stephen George Blay since 2023
Susan Elizabeth Ward since 2024
Virginia Anne Mcgurk since 2023

Portfolio (3)

Christine Rigby since 2024
Shirley Barnes since 2023
Wayne Vincent Matts since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 13General Charitable Purposes 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

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

Education 1Health and social care 1Property 1

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 2 years.

2024

2025

incomespending£210k latest income

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1203709
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Jun 2023
Contact on the register: 07756962277 · heartlinknewslettergw@hotmail.com
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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