The Bishop of Birmingham's Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bishop of Birmingham's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bishop of Birmingham's Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £3,800, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £21k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bishop of Birmingham's Charitable Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Wrenbury School (£21k), Sandy Village Hall (£21k) and Park Pharmacy Trust (£21k).