Birmingham Asian Resource Centre

Analysis

Birmingham Asian Resource Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04351686). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Asian Resource Centre reported income of £119k and spending of £185k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £64k to £119k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 600%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birmingham Asian Resource Centre sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mothers Committee (£119k), Ystalyfera Development Trust (£119k) and Newhaven Integrated Play Project Educational and Recreational Services (£119k).