Hartlepool Community Trust

Analysis

Hartlepool Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in August 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hartlepool Community Trust reported income of £184k and spending of £221k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £153k to £184k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hartlepool Community Trust 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 Human Practice Foundation UK (£184k), Bentley Arlfc (£185k) and The Snappy Trust (£184k).