# BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 225971
- **Other names:** BHF, THE HEART FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00699547](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00699547)
- **Registered:** March 26, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=225971


## Contact

- **Address:** British Heart Foundation, Greater London House (4th Floor), 180 Hampstead Road, London
- **Postcode:** NW1 7AW
- **Phone:** 0300 330 3322
- **Email:** heretohelp@bhf.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bhf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE: TO ATTACK AND DEFEAT DISEASES AND CONDITIONS OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATION AND OTHER DISEASES ILLNESS OR CONDITIONS, BY UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THEIR CAUSE, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION, PROMOTING THEIR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND ALLEVIATING SUFFERING AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF PERSONS AFFLICTED AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR SUCH PERSONS.

**Activities:** The BHF is the UK&#x27;s largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK. For over 60 years BHF has pioneered life-saving research that has helped halve the number of deaths from heart and circulatory disease in the UK. BHF also helps provide vital support and information for the 7.4m people living in the UK with heart and circulatory disease.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNRESTRICTED
- Isle Of Man
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Karen Frank** | Chair | Oct. 8, 2019 |
| David Boynton |  | Dec. 13, 2023 |
| Dr Annalisa Jenkins |  | Oct. 12, 2021 |
| Louise Wilson FCIPD |  | Jan. 27, 2026 |
| Mark Ashton-Rigby |  | Aug. 1, 2024 |
| Mark FitzPatrick CA |  | Oct. 6, 2020 |
| Professor Brian Robert Walker |  | Oct. 20, 2022 |
| Professor Jane Armitage |  | Oct. 21, 2025 |
| Professor Simon Ray |  | Oct. 21, 2025 |
| Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed |  | Oct. 6, 2020 |
| Roisin Donnelly |  | Aug. 1, 2024 |




