The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited

Analysis

The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08502615). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited reported income of £10.5m and spending of £10.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7.9m to £10.5m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited 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 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The University of Sheffield Students' Union (£10.4m), Hulme Grammar School (£10.6m) and Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College (£10.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, investments 5.4% and trading 5.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 157 people.