Birmingham Voluntary Service Council

Analysis

Birmingham Voluntary Service Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00421688). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Voluntary Service Council reported income of £17.0m and spending of £16.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.6m to £17.0m (+158%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Voluntary Service Council sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust (£16.9m), Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust (£17.0m) and St Joseph's Hospice Hackney (£16.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £91k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.