BIRMINGHAM PEN TRADE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1176955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BPTHA, THE PEN MUSEUM

The Pen Museum tells the story of the Steel Pen trade in Birmingham during the 19th and 20th Centuries and the impact it had on its workers, the people of Birmingham and globally.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE STEEL PEN TRADE IN BIRMINGHAM, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.TO MAINTAIN A MUSEUM THAT SHOWCASES THE SKILL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE PEN MAKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO HOUSES HISTORIC ARTEFACTS AND EPHEMERA RELATED TO THE ART OF WRITING.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £1,784 for the year, resulting in a total deficit before restricted fund movements. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £23,268, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £32,000 (six months of operating expenditure). The trustees remain satisfied with the ability to continue as a going concern despite the operational deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Richard Lindsellchair
• Andrew Casebourne Munro
• Carmel Girling
• Craig Edmondson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel David Evans
• Sergio Isaac Torres Velazquez

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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