Plymouth Heartbeat

Analysis

Plymouth Heartbeat is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Plymouth Heartbeat reported income of £58k and spending of £59k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £69k to £58k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 49%. 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, Plymouth Heartbeat sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helperby Village Hall (£58k), CDH Uk- the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Charity (£58k) and Norfolk Fire Museum (£58k).

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.