Handsworth Association of Schools

Analysis

Handsworth Association of Schools is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Handsworth Association of Schools reported income of £302k and spending of £379k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £112k to £302k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Handsworth Association of Schools sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Restore Northampton (£302k), The Percy and Lily Reed Williams Charitable Trust (£302k) and Trehafren Children's Centre (£302k).