Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care

Analysis

Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in August 2016, 10 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 company (Companies House number 10195311). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £975k to £1.1m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huddersfield Town Foundation (£1.1m), The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund and Related Charities (£1.1m) and Howgill Family Centre (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 34%, donations and legacies 33% and charitable activities 32%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £178k. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £176k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.