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Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1157785BirminghamHealth and saving lives
Income£4.2m2025-07-31
Spending£4.1msame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2014Charitable company
Employees93latest return

Analysis

Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09019610). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £4.2m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Heart of Birmingham Vocational College Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rahma (Mercy) (£4.2m), Ahavas Chesed Trust (£4.2m) and Nottingham University Hospitals Charity (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from . Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £48k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 93 people.

Income and spending

£0£1.1m£2.1m£3.2m£4.2m2021 Income: £2,451,4242021 Spending: £2,204,94420212022 Income: £2,705,5382022 Spending: £2,972,55720222023 Income: £3,258,5152023 Spending: £3,422,34720232024 Income: £3,660,5042024 Spending: £3,517,57420242025 Income: £4,212,8502025 Spending: £4,069,2962025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Heart of Birmingham Vocational College (previously Calthorpe Vocational Centre) launched in September 2014. It is a full time day provision that provides individualised learning experiences that develop key employability and supported living skills for students with moderate/severe SEN and ASD needs.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Rahma (Mercy)Leicester£4.2m
Ahavas Chesed TrustManchester£4.2m
Nottingham University Hospitals CharityNottingham£4.2m
Zoreya TzedokosManchester£4.2m