Registered charity · Birmingham
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
- 7 trustees
- Income £630k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout London, Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley and more
- Website
- www.bcmg.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£630k£575k
- 2024£621k£637k
- 2023£782k£850k
Earlier years
- 2022£558k£521k
- 2021£546k£514k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 52%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING THE ARTISTIC TASTE,KNOWLEDGE,UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND MUSIC THEATRE,INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) CONTEMPORARY MUSIC COMPOSED SINCE 1900 PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MIDLANDS.
Grants received
6 grants · £809,535 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £479,000 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £325,535
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Paula Ann Whitehouse Chair since 2025
- Anthony David Jackson since 2018
- Blair Winton since 2013
- Gary John Spruce since 2018
- Nike Jonah since 2013
- Ruth Jane Hopkins since 2022
- William Patrick Christopher Barry since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony David Jackson since 2018
- Blair Winton since 2013
- Gary John Spruce since 2018
- Nike Jonah since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Paula Ann Whitehouse Chair since 2025
- Anthony David Jackson since 2018
- Blair Winton since 2013
- Gary John Spruce since 2018
- Ruth Jane Hopkins since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Nike Jonah since 2013
- William Patrick Christopher Barry since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001474
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24TH NOVEMBER 1989 as amended on 23 Feb 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 02446126 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01216162616 · info@bcmg.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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