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Registered charity · Birmingham

EX Cathedra LTD

EX Cathedra LTD is a registered charity (number 1004086) based in Birmingham, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Peter Phillips since 2021. Latest income £897k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as EX Cathedra (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £897k (2026)
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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 England
Website
www.excathedra.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
EX Cathedra Limited
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£897k£919k
  • 2025£906k£835k
  • 2024£855k£865k
Earlier years
  • 2023£553k£570k
  • 2022£959k£966k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC.

Grants received

16 grants · £526,747 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-02-09
  • Birmingham City Council £9,0272023-02-06
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £30,0002023-01-06
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £58,7422021-12-13
  • Birmingham City Council £8,0602021-10-29
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.

9 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 13Property 8Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£906k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

7 from 13 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1004086
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH JUNE 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 6TH DECEMBER 1989, 22ND APRIL 1991 AND 25TH NOVEMBER 2004
Companies House
Company number 02396173 · Active
Contact on the register
01216163410 · info@excathedra.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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