Birmingham Community Hosting Network

Analysis

Birmingham Community Hosting Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in The Custard Factory. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Birmingham Community Hosting Network reported income of £93k and spending of £109k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £57k to £93k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birmingham Community Hosting Network sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sikh Welfare and Research Trust (£93k), The Masons Company Charitable Trust (£93k) and Shah Walayat Foundation (£93k).