The Handsworth Charity

Analysis

The Handsworth Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Handsworth Charity reported income of £38k and spending of £48k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £34k to £38k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Handsworth Charity sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include M&c Foundation Ltd (£38k), Leeds Brethren in Christ Church (£38k) and The Natural Death Centre (£38k).