Heart Research UK

Analysis

Heart Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03026813). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Heart Research UK reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.9m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £3.4m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Heart Research UK sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include College of Paramedics (£3.4m), Communities & Neighbourhoods Trust (£3.4m) and The British Cardiovascular Society (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, trading 13% and investments 9.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.6m. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £3.6m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.