The Grove Residential Home (Solihull)

Analysis

The Grove Residential Home (Solihull) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in March 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 04866257). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Grove Residential Home (Solihull) reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £980k to £1.6m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Grove Residential Home (Solihull) 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Headache Society (£1.6m), Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire (£1.6m) and Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £889k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.