University Hospitals Birmingham Charity

Analysis

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10004003). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, University Hospitals Birmingham Charity reported income of £6.2m and spending of £6.7m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.8m to £6.2m (+6.8%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, University Hospitals Birmingham Charity 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Addiction Recovery Agency Ltd (£6.2m), The James Dyson Foundation (£6.3m) and Harlington Hospice Association Limited (£6.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%, charitable activities 16% and investments 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.2m. Reserves of £876k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.