Children's Heart Surgery Fund

Analysis

Children's Heart Surgery Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08152970). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Children's Heart Surgery Fund reported income of £895k and spending of £1.1m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £962k to £895k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Children's Heart Surgery Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Myalgic Encephalopathy Association Limited (£895k), British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (£895k) and Sidmouth Victoria Hospital Comforts Fund (£895k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, trading 14% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,831. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 37%. Grants to other organisations totalled £214k. Reserves of £355k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.