Northern Heartlands

Analysis

Northern Heartlands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnard Castle. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Northern Heartlands reported income of £331k and spending of £272k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £433k to £331k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Northern Heartlands sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Photographic Angle (£331k), The Spoore, Merry and Rixman Foundation (£332k) and Bretforton Theatre (£331k).