The Sussex Heart Charity

Analysis

The Sussex Heart Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sussex. It was registered in September 2007, 19 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06339790). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sussex Heart Charity reported income of £118k and spending of £142k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £737k to £118k (-84%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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 Sussex Heart Charity sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Butterfield Centre Limited (£118k), The League of Friends of the Leatherhead Hospital (£119k) and The Knoll Charitable Trust (£118k).

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.