Bournville Village Trust

Analysis

Bournville Village Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bournville Village Trust reported income of £37.0m and spending of £31.7m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £36.6m to £37.0m (+1.0%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bournville Village Trust sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North East Autism Society (£36.7m), Ambient Support Limited (£37.3m) and Joseph Rowntree Foundation (£36.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66% and trading 6.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £44k. Reserves of £67.5m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 265 people.