Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07508891). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £605k and spending of £527k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £337k to £605k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Light Church Bradford (£604k), This Is Growth Ltd (£606k) and Neath Port Talbot Carers Service Limited (£604k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97%, charitable activities 1.9% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £356k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.