Healthwatch Hartlepool

Analysis

Healthwatch Hartlepool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Healthwatch Hartlepool reported income of £173k and spending of £169k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £168k to £173k (+3.0%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Healthwatch Hartlepool sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dagenham Islamic Welfare Association & Mosque (£173k), Project Angola (£173k) and Holsworthy Rural Community Transport Limited (£173k).