Heartbeat UK

Analysis

Heartbeat UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Heartbeat UK reported income of £40k and spending of £28k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4,746 to £40k (+737%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 576%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Heartbeat UK sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust (£40k), Riding for Smiles (£40k) and Changing Lives in Chongwe District (£40k).