The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in September 2020, 6 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 trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust reported income of £288k and spending of £112k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,687 to £288k (+3218%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 541%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bacup Consortium Trust (£288k), Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (£288k) and The Finborough Foundation (£288k).