Hitchin Partnership CIO

Analysis

Hitchin Partnership CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hitchin Partnership CIO reported income of £95k and spending of £111k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £101k to £95k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hitchin Partnership CIO sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Elland (£95k), Smile Malawi (£95k) and King's Church, Beverley (£95k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.