Smethwick Photographic Society

Analysis

Smethwick Photographic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Smethwick Photographic Society reported income of £29k and spending of £38k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £39k to £29k (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Smethwick Photographic Society sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rutland Choral Society (£29k), Kingsley Hall Community Centre Limited (£29k) and Aylesbury Choral Society (£29k).