Birmingham Medical Institute

Analysis

Birmingham Medical Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00008756). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Birmingham Medical Institute reported income of £19k and spending of £65k, spending 344% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £47k to £19k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Birmingham Medical Institute 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 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roby Littman Charitable Foundation (£19k), Equine Pathways UK (£19k) and Fungal Infection Trust (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.