The bulk of the money raised from the project – £161,850 – came through an auction of the bulls in September.

The top-selling sculpture, Baby Oz, based on the larger version on permanent display at Birmingham’s New Street Station, fetched £13,500.

The sale of merchandise from a pop-up shop in the city’s Great Western Arcade raised £40,000.

Birmingham Hospice provides free palliative and end of life care for an average of 670 people every day. Charitable donations make up 42% of its income, about £7.2m in 2025.

Income generation director Lucy Watkins described it as “challenging”, adding: “Every year our costs go up. Big projects [like Bulls in the City] help to elevate our fundraising.”

She said 22% of those who took part in that trail “had never heard of the hospice and now they have, and that’s really important to our fundraising future”.

Last year, the hospice made 45 full time equivalent posts redundant, and called for more government funding.

The Department for Health and Social Care has previously said it had made over £350m available to hospices since 2020.