Healthworks Newcastle

Analysis

Healthworks Newcastle is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02952583). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Healthworks Newcastle reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.4m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.7m to £2.1m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Healthworks Newcastle sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meningitis Now (£2.1m), The Brainwave Centre Limited (£2.2m) and The Cadogan Charity (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, trading 19% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £22k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £225k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 76 people.