BIRMINGHAM RATHBONE SOCIETY

Registered charity 516557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM RATHBONE

To promote the welfare and advance the education of those children, young people and adults who are in need of special care and attention as a result of the educational difficulties they either do experience or have experienced. These difficulties will have usually caused them to attend schools for children with special educational needs, or in special classes within main stream schools.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document contains only Docusign envelope identifiers and a date, with no financial data, trustee reports, or accounts statements included. Consequently, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or operational status can be extracted.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £666k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Birmingham Rathbone Society — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 07/09/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~14.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£2.0m£1.9m
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.8m

Common questions

Is BIRMINGHAM RATHBONE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document contains only Docusign envelope identifiers and a date, with no financial data, trustee reports, or accounts statements included. Consequently, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or operational status can be extracted.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2016£500kRebuild My Life (Crisis Support)

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 LAMBETH ELFRIDA RATHBONE SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BIRMINGHAM RATHBONE SOCIETY£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
LAMBETH ELFRIDA RATHBONE SOCIETY FY2025£2.5m——below—no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
ELFRIDA RATHBONE (CAMDEN) FY2025£374k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025£2.3m——above—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CITY FC FOUNDATION FY2025£1.8m£70,001 - £80,000—above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.