Birmingham Hospital Broadcasting Network

Analysis

Birmingham Hospital Broadcasting Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgbaston. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Birmingham Hospital Broadcasting Network reported income of £30k and spending of £32k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £11k to £30k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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 Hospital Broadcasting Network sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whixley and District Community Cricket Club (£30k), The Congleton Town Trust (£30k) and Stamp Out Suicide Limited (£30k).

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.