Hartlepool Foodbank CIO

Analysis

Hartlepool Foodbank CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hartlepool Foodbank CIO reported income of £185k and spending of £220k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £106k to £185k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hartlepool Foodbank CIO sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jamia Darus Sunnah London (£184k), Aged Merchant Seamen's Homes (£185k) and Routes to Roots (Poole) CIO (£184k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.