Birmingham Education Partnership Limited

Analysis

Birmingham Education Partnership Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08945454). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Education Partnership Limited reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £2.3m (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Birmingham Education Partnership Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include AL Elevation (£2.3m), The Bluecoat (£2.3m) and South London Fine Art Gallery and Library (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.

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.