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The Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust

SC033927Registered charity from 28 November 2002
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Heart and Balls
Address Caledonian Exchange
19a Canning Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 8HE
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.heartsandballs.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
5.1 The Company is established for the purposes of (i) meeting the needs of persons with physical or mental disability that have arisen as a result of a life changing sports injury, (ii) supporting the prevention and treatment of injuries in sport, (iii) the advancement of public education in relation to injuries in sport, and (iv) the provision of equipment or resources in furtherance of the forgoing purposes. 5.2 In particular for the purposes of the 2005 Act the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act are:- 5.2.1 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; 5.2.2 the advancement of heath; 5.2.3 the saving of lives; and 5.2.4 the advancement of education
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity supports rugby players and their families who have received a serious sports injury through the playing of rugby. The charity also supports preventative measures to reduce injury or harm during the playing of rugby and these grants may be to individuals, clubs and community where rugby is played. This is through raising funds to provide grants to purchase exercise equipment, accessibility improvements to housing and enabling players to attend sporting functions. The charity has also provide life saving defibrillators to a number of rugby clubs where these are installed outside of clubhouses to support the club and the wider local community to enhance safety.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Nov 2002
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the saving of lives", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "People with disabilities or health problems", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Nov 2021 £7,184 £19,941 31 Aug 2022 Yes
30 Nov 2022 £132,014 £93,363 30 Aug 2023 Yes
30 Nov 2023 £312,615 £64,946 29 Aug 2024 Yes
30 Nov 2024 £57,732 £59,547 31 Aug 2025 Yes
30 Nov 2025 £92,183 £127,621 16 Jul 2026 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Sandra Taylor
William Bell
Hugh MacLennan
Victoria Mendelssohn
James Donald Wilson
Graham Fisken
James Ferguson
Fergus Wallace
James Gow
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