Common questions about University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is University Hospitals Birmingham Charity a good charity? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity scores 87 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 79% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is University Hospitals Birmingham Charity a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists University Hospitals Birmingham Charity as a registered charity (charity number 1165716). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1165716&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's charity number? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's charity number is 1165716. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's charity rating? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity scores 87 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does University Hospitals Birmingham Charity have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for University Hospitals Birmingham Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches University Hospitals Birmingham Charity? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 79% of University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 21% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 25% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity. University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does University Hospitals Birmingham Charity receive? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity reported £6.2m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-08-29). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is University Hospitals Birmingham Charity based? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's registered contact address is in Birmingham (B15 2GN). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's money come from? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity reported £6.2m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £4.4m (70%), charitable activities £981k (16%), investments £871k (14%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.5m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to University Hospitals Birmingham Charity? +
The register records University Hospitals Birmingham Charity as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's trustees paid? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was University Hospitals Birmingham Charity previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for University Hospitals Birmingham Charity: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, Heartlands Hospital Charity, Good Hope Hospital Charity, Solihull Hospital Charity.
When was University Hospitals Birmingham Charity registered as a charity? +
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity was entered on the register on 23 February 2016. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 10004003).
How does CharityCompare score University Hospitals Birmingham Charity? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.