Heartbeat East Suffolk

Analysis

Heartbeat East Suffolk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in January 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Heartbeat East Suffolk reported income of £14k and spending of £42k, spending 305% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £14k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 237% 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 East Suffolk sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Beccles Charitable Trust (£14k), League of Friends Hornsea Cottage Hospital (£14k) and Frome Men's Shed (£14k).

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.