Diocese of Middlesbrough Catholic Handicapped Fellowship

Analysis

Diocese of Middlesbrough Catholic Handicapped Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in April 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Diocese of Middlesbrough Catholic Handicapped Fellowship reported income of £48k and spending of £67k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £28k to £48k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Diocese of Middlesbrough Catholic Handicapped Fellowship sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quernmore Chapel (£48k), North Somerset Mencap (£48k) and Mercy Cardiff (£48k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.