FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERY

Registered charity 528895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST

Friends of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery support and assist Birmingham Museums Trust and promote their use and enjoyment by the public.

Objects

TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY AND TO PROMOTE ITS USE AND ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC AS A MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £627,657, a decrease from the previous year's £636,260, driven by a net expenditure that exceeded income. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Mileschair
• DAVID JAMES WELLS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Howell
• Judith Anne Hurst
• Pat Leadbeter
• Peter Geoffrey Baker
• Richard Samuel Moxon
• Rosalind Marguerite McCarthy
• Stephen Hartland · trustee of 3 other charities
• Tim Tolkien
• WILLIAM JOHN LANE

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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