Smart Works Birmingham

Analysis

Smart Works Birmingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10098116). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Smart Works Birmingham reported income of £188k and spending of £217k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £85k to £188k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Smart Works Birmingham sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Congregation of the Missionaries of Our Lady of LA Salette (£188k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Elstead (£188k) and Newham North Islamic Association (£188k).