The United Church of St Paul's Balsall Heath (Anglican and Urc)

Analysis

The United Church of St Paul's Balsall Heath (Anglican and Urc) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, 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 December 2025, The United Church of St Paul's Balsall Heath (Anglican and Urc) reported income of £42k and spending of £58k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £58k to £42k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The United Church of St Paul's Balsall Heath (Anglican and Urc) sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eva Reckitt Trust Fund (£42k), Crawley Cap Centre (£42k) and Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.