Birmingham Common Good Trust

Analysis

Birmingham Common Good Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Birmingham Common Good Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,973 to £13k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Birmingham Common Good Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Anglo-Catalan Society (£13k), High Holborn Chamber Choir (£13k) and Tonna Male Voice Choir (£13k).