Birmingham Municipal Charity

Analysis

Birmingham Municipal Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Municipal Charity reported income of £25k and spending of £49k, spending 192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £25k (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Birmingham Municipal Charity sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seva Street (£25k), Shaw-Cum-Donnington Village Hall (£25k) and Hug in a Bag (£25k).