Sandwell and Birmingham Kurdish Community

Analysis

Sandwell and Birmingham Kurdish Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sandwell and Birmingham Kurdish Community reported income of £35k and spending of £131k, spending 372% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £180k to £35k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sandwell and Birmingham Kurdish Community sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berrymead Evangelical Church (£35k), The Tylers and Bricklayers Charitable Trust (£35k) and Acts Churches UK (£35k).

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.