Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association

Analysis

Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association reported income of £148k and spending of £106k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £92k to £148k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Freeman Heart & Lung Transplant Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wat Buddharam Leeds (£148k), Hope Gardens (£148k) and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund (£148k).