Nishkam Civic Association

Analysis

Nishkam Civic Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04378505). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Nishkam Civic Association reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £445k to £1.1m (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nishkam Civic Association 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 Dementia Adventure Trust (£1.1m), The British Society for Heart Failure (£1.1m) and Adventure Hyndburn (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, trading 15% and investments 6.3%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

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.