Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 1

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

THE COMMUNITY HEARTBEAT TRUST

PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED DEFIBRILLATORSTRAINING IN AED/CPR/BLS/FPOSSUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CFR SCHEMES

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Established: 14 years

www.communityheartbeat.org.uk

secretary@communityheartbeat.org.uk

0330 1243 067

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Volun- teers
31/05/23	£845	£828	£17	£1	£264	£126	1.8	35
31/05/22	£953	£855	£98	£2	£247	£132	1.8	35
31/05/21	£670	£680	£-10	£3	£150	£73	1.3	30
31/05/20	£754	£738	£17	£6	£160	£105	1.7	42
31/05/19?	£1,479	£1,409	£70	£14	£143	£95	0.8	35
30/11/17	£906	£861	£45	£21	£73	£73	1	0
30/11/16	£544	£586	£-42	£5	£28	£28	0.6	0
30/11/15	£350	£358	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/11/14	£498	£486	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/11/13	£497	£490	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/11/12	£283	£267	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/11/11	£210	£199	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/11/10	£134	£119	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 38%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk Community Resilience ELS Training
£2,500	02/05/2018 8	Towards an equipment bank providing loan CPR & AED training materials for communities across Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk Community Resilience ELS Training
£2,500	30/04/2018 8	Towards an equipment bank providing loan CPR & AED training materials for communities across Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Volunteer Emergency Telephone System (VETS)
£4,000	21/12/2017 10	To help villages install and run a Volunteer Emergency Telephone System

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID ARNOLD Appointed: 2019

DR ALEXANDER NICHOLLS MBCHB Appointed: 2021

GRAHAM WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2018

JONATHAN SMITH SR PARA Appointed: 2020

MARTIN NIGEL FAGAN Appointed: 2009

RICHARD SCHOFIELD Appointed: 2011

RONALD SIMPSON BEM (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (RUTLAND BRANCH),

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2009, number: 1132824

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

First Floor
The Old Granary Hall Farm
Bury Road
Thurlow
HAVERHILL
Suffolk

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE PROVISION OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AED ( PREDOMINANTLY PUBLICACCESS DEFIBRILLATORS);B) THE PROVISION OF A AED COMMUNITY PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION (CPAD)SERVICE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES;C) SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY RESPONDER SCHEMES (OR SIMILARSCHEMES OFFERING SIMILAR SERVICES) IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN ASPECTS OF 'FIRST PERSONON SCENE', 'EMERGENCY FIRST AID', 'BASIC LIFE SUPPORT1, AND 'ADVANCED LIFESUPPORT' AND SIMILAR MEDICAL PROGRAMMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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