The Chester Heart Support Group

Analysis

The Chester Heart Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in April 2008, 18 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 provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Chester Heart Support Group reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £15k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 144% 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 Chester Heart Support Group sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Scrooge Fund (£15k), Barbara a Shuttleworth Memorial Trust (£15k) and Caleb Andrew Meakins Foundation (£15k).

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.