Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West

Analysis

Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05629687). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West reported income of £239k and spending of £173k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £126k to £239k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Erica Lawson Charitable Trust (£239k), Treeangle Foundation (£239k) and The Billmeir Charitable Trust (£239k).