The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity

Analysis

The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity reported income of £635k and spending of £573k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £635k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Maritime Rescue Federation (£635k), Anaphylaxis UK (£635k) and Darnall Well Being (£634k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82%, charitable activities 12% and trading 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £34k. Charitable activities took 58% of spending and raising funds 42%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate.