Birmingham Community Matters

Analysis

Birmingham Community Matters is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Community Matters reported income of £172k and spending of £155k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £84k to £172k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Birmingham Community Matters sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tabor Centre (£172k), Yorkshire Cancer Community (£172k) and The Roddy Segrave Charitable Foundation (£172k).