The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Focus Birmingham

Registered charity 1065745 Registered since 1997

Operates: Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton

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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.

10 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

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

Health and social care 6Business services 2Arts and leisure 1

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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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£4.3m 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.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021

149 from 121 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.
89%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.focusbirmingham.org.uk
Emailinfo@focusbirmingham.org.uk
Phone01214785200
AddressFocus, 48-62 Woodville Road, Harborne, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9AT

Finances

£4,336,780 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,515,187£2,936,509
2022£3,234,693£3,265,385
2023£3,236,530£3,568,341
2024£4,058,694£3,806,930
2025£4,336,780£4,360,760

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH OTHER DISABILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION AND THE PROMOTION OF AND ASSISTANCE WITH (EITHER ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS) SERVICES FOR AND WITH BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND DISABLED PEOPLE TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE WORDS "BLIND" AND "BLIND PEOPLE" THROUGHOUT THESE ARTICLES SHALL BE INTERPRETED SO AS TO INCLUDE PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE OTHER DISABILITIES AND WHO, THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND, HAVE LOW VISION WHICH CANNOT BE CORRECTED WITH THE USE OF SPECTACLES OR CONTACT LENSES OR ARE THREATENED WITH LOSS OF SIGHT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 APRIL 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 SEPTEMBER 1997 AND 15 JULY 1998 AND BY CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 MARCH 2002 AND 9 APRIL 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JUL 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 AUG 2016 as amended on 18 Jun 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Focus Birmingham · 03353444 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/04/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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