Birmingham Crisis Centre

Analysis

Birmingham Crisis Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02230876). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Crisis Centre reported income of £877k and spending of £928k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £929k to £877k (-5.6%), an average of -1.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birmingham Crisis Centre sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis (£877k), Richmond Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£878k) and North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency (£876k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 6.3% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.

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.