Birmingham Newman University
Registered charity 1110346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWMAN COLLEGE, NEWMAN COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NEWMAN HEALTH & WELLBEING COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY, NEWMAN UNIVERSITY, NEWMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Birmingham Newman University provides higher education courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degree level. It has a longstanding reputation as a provider of teacher education and an increasingly broad portfolio across the social sciences, arts, humanities, nursing and allied health and professional studies.
Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the University achieved a surplus of £4.1 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a 40% increase in total income to £47.7 million. Per the trustees' report, the University maintains adequate cash reserves and a limited burden of debt, with unrestricted reserves totaling £39.9 million.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: Newman Firmtrust Limited
“Newman Firmtrust Limited is a trading company that is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. The principal trading activity of the company is the construction of a halls of residence and a building extension on behalf of Birmingham Newman University”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Reserves (reported)
£39.9m
Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Birmingham Newman University financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the University achieved a surplus of £4.1 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a 40% increase in total income to £47.7 million. Per the trustees' report, the University maintains adequate cash reserves and a limited burden of debt, with unrestricted reserves totaling £39.9 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEWMAN TRUST.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.