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Registered charity · Birmingham

B:Music LTD

B:Music LTD is a registered charity (number 1053937) based in Birmingham, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Anita Bhalla. Latest income £14m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Symphony Hall (Charity Commission)

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £14m (2025)
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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.bmusic.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
B:Music LTD
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14m£13m
  • 2024£12m£13m
  • 2023£12m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£11m
  • 2021£9.6m£5.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING, FOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC. 2. TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN YOUNG PERSONS IN THE PERFORMANCE AND COMPOSITION OF MUSIC AND MUSIC DRAMA AND TO PROMOTE THE RECOGNITION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT.

Grants received

11 grants · £489,596 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

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.

14 trustees on the board

4y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 14Education/training 1

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

Business services 17Arts and leisure 10Health and social care 7

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£13.6m 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.9 in 2021

247 from 250 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
1053937
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 MARCH 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 07 FEBRUARY 1997, 12 OCTOBER 1999, 25 NOVEMBER 2004, 29 JUNE 2006, 02 JUNE 2008 AND 01 SEPTEMBER 2011. 05/03/1996 as amended on 31 Mar 2021
Companies House
Company number 03169600 · Active
Contact on the register
01212002000 · NICK.LOVELAND@BMUSIC.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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