The Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Analysis

The Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry reported income of £48k and spending of £62k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £82k to £48k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, The Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camborne Town Band Music Society (£48k), The William Alwyn Foundation (£48k) and Troubadour Stageworks (£48k).

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.