Heart of the City Partnership

Analysis

Heart of the City Partnership is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06373460). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Heart of the City Partnership reported income of £524k and spending of £622k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £310k to £524k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Heart of the City Partnership sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Culture& Arts and Heritage (£523k), Hay Castle Trust (£526k) and The Roger Tanner Trust (£522k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, trading 25%, donations and legacies 3.6% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Reserves of £159k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.