WM Funders Network
Analysis
WM Funders Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending March 2025, WM Funders Network reported income of £34k and spending of £26k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £34k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.
Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, WM Funders Network sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Western Community Centre (£34k), The Town Estate (Otherwise the Town Land and Whitebread Allotment) Known Locally As the Whitebread Charity (£34k) and The Bolitho Madron Charity (£34k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To promote efficiency and effectiveness in the charitable activities of voluntary organisations and grant making charities working in the West Midlands and the effective use of charitable resources for the public benefit in particular but not exclusively by promoting and developing good practice in the making of charitable grants by exchanging information, knowledge, expertise and experience.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Western Community Centre | Swindon | £34k |
| The Town Estate (Otherwise the Town Land and Whitebread Allotment) Known Locally As the Whitebread Charity | Stamford | £34k |
| The Bolitho Madron Charity | Penzance | £34k |
| Newark Patriotic Fund | Nottinghamshire | £34k |