The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust General Charity

Analysis

The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust General Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 1998, 28 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. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust General Charity reported income of £1.1m and spending of £958k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £502k to £1.1m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust General Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation (£1.1m), Carers' Support Centre (£1.1m) and Growing Space (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, trading 3.6% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £97k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £725k. Reserves of £42k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.