City United Ltd

Analysis

City United Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04834723). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City United Ltd reported income of £938k and spending of £608k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £422k to £938k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, City United Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show (£934k), Scarcroft Golf Club (£943k) and Avon Navigation Trust (£922k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £496k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.