Birthday House Trust

Analysis

Birthday House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1966, 60 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Birthday House Trust reported income of £256k and spending of £338k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £132k to £256k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 195% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Birthday House Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell (£256k), Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven (£256k) and Oasis of Love International Centre (£256k).

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.