Common questions about The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery a good charity? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery scores 52 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 39% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery as a registered charity (charity number 1140274). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1140274&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's charity number? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's charity number is 1140274. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's charity rating? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery scores 52 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (3 red flags on this profile: late accounts filing; high fundraising costs; very high reserves). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 39% of The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 59% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 60% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery receive? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery reported £6.1m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery based? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's registered contact address is in Slough (SL4 1EU). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, with a focus on health.
How much is The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's money come from? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery reported £6.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were trading and fundraising events £4.8m (79%), charitable activities £706k (12%), investments £555k (9%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery? +
The register does not record The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's trustees paid? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery registered as a charity? +
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery was entered on the register on 8 February 2011. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07401765).
How does CharityCompare score The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.