Cardiovascular Forum

Analysis

Cardiovascular Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cardiovascular Forum reported income of £22k and spending of £33k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,250 to £22k (+424%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cardiovascular Forum sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Checkemlads.com Testicular Cancer Awareness and Support (£22k), Medway Hindu Parivar (£22k) and Infinity Mind Foundation (£22k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.