Midshire Supported Housing Trust

Analysis

Midshire Supported Housing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08848785). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Midshire Supported Housing Trust reported income of £468k and spending of £478k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £503k to £468k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Midshire Supported Housing Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Island Advice Centre (£467k), Rooted Finance Limited (£468k) and Proclaimers (£467k).

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.