British Society for Cardiovascular Research

Analysis

British Society for Cardiovascular Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belfast. It was registered in May 1992, 34 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. It says it makes grants to individuals and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Society for Cardiovascular Research reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,395 to £14k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Society for Cardiovascular Research sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club (£14k), The Ladder Trust (£14k) and Association of British Paediatric Nurses (£14k).

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.