The Community Heartbeat Trust

Analysis

The Community Heartbeat Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 2009, 17 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Community Heartbeat Trust reported income of £935k and spending of £977k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £670k to £935k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Community Heartbeat Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Book Trade Charity (£935k), Medical Justice Network Limited (£935k) and Bollington Health & Leisure (£934k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.