Birmingham City FC Foundation

Analysis

Birmingham City FC Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04077355). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Birmingham City FC Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £860k to £1.8m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Birmingham City FC Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aberystwyth University Students' Union (£1.7m), The Boathouse Youth (£1.8m) and Cardiff Met Students' Union (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68% and donations and legacies 32%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £499k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.