Start-A-Heart 247

Analysis

Start-A-Heart 247 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in June 2014, 12 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. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Start-A-Heart 247 reported income of £25k and spending of £27k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,158 to £25k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Start-A-Heart 247 sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Evelyn Phipps Memorial Fund (£25k), Witton Gilbert Village Hall Association (£25k) and Escaping Victimhood (£25k).

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.