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Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1101597West MidlandsHealth and saving lives
Income£1.6m2026-03-31
Spending£1.8msame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause92nd pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2004Charitable company
Employees53latest return

Analysis

Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04741522). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Remind UK Charity (£1.6m), Make My Day Better Limited (£1.6m) and West Bromwich African Caribbean Resource Centre (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.

Income and spending

£0£439k£877k£1.3m£1.8m2022 Income: £1,263,8502022 Spending: £1,070,61820222023 Income: £1,360,5562023 Spending: £1,314,76620232024 Income: £1,604,4862024 Spending: £1,507,71920242025 Income: £1,716,2392025 Spending: £1,611,19020252026 Income: £1,649,8122026 Spending: £1,754,2002026
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.2%
  • Charitable activities 99%
  • Investments 0.3%

In the charity's own words

Provision of accommodation and care for the elderly residents of Knowle or Solihull postcode area.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Remind UK CharityBath£1.6m
Make My Day Better LimitedLondon£1.6m
West Bromwich African Caribbean Resource CentreWest Midlands£1.6m
St Andrew's HouseCoventry£1.7m