North Tyneside Big Local

Analysis

North Tyneside Big Local is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitley Bay. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Tyneside Big Local reported income of £379k and spending of £370k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £284k to £379k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, North Tyneside Big Local sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheshire Autism Practical Support Ltd (£379k), Urbond (£379k) and Happy Hill Essex CIO (£379k).