Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Charity

Analysis

Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09404174). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Charity reported income of £9.0m and spending of £13.0m, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.0m to £9.0m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Charity 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 Think Ahead Organisation (£9.0m), Wessex Children's Hospice Trust (£9.1m) and Causeway Charitable Services (£9.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66%, charitable activities 23%, investments 9.1% and trading 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 23%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.9m. Reserves of £6.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.