Home-Start Birmingham Consortium

Analysis

Home-Start Birmingham Consortium is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09734591). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Birmingham Consortium reported income of £508k and spending of £523k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £543k to £508k (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Home-Start Birmingham Consortium sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau (£507k), Granby Community Mental Health Group (£508k) and The Liz and Jack Daniel Foundation (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £517k. Reserves of £3,070 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.