Registered charity · United Kingdom
Francis Brett Young Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Michael HallChair
- Catherine GrimmitTrustee · since 2020
- Emma ThorntonTrustee · since 2024
- Laurence Edward ParkesTrustee · since 2013
- Margaret Elaine RankinTrustee
- MR Graham BeckleyTrustee · since 2013
- Pauline Nina CollinsonTrustee · since 2014
- Phillipa Trudie Parkes BSc FCATrustee · since 2013
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- Robert Gary FieldTrustee
- Sheila Anne FieldTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- Quinton Methodist Church · 1 shared trustee
- Birmingham (West) and Oldbury Methodist Circuit · 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hagley ST John the Baptist With ST Saviour · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, France and more
- Website
- www.fbysociety.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£4k
- 2024£3k£3k
- 2023£4k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£4k
- 2021£1k£2k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE WRITING OF THE POET AND NOVELIST FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Dr Michael Hall Chair
- Catherine Grimmit since 2020
- Emma Thornton since 2024
- Laurence Edward Parkes since 2013
- MR Graham Beckley since 2013
- Margaret Elaine Rankin
- Phillipa Trudie Parkes BSc FCA since 2013
- Pauline Nina Collinson since 2014
- Robert Gary Field
- Sheila Anne Field
Trustees past 6 years
- Laurence Edward Parkes since 2013
- MR Graham Beckley since 2013
- Phillipa Trudie Parkes BSc FCA since 2013
- Pauline Nina Collinson since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Michael Hall Chair
- Catherine Grimmit since 2020
- Emma Thornton since 2024
- MR Graham Beckley since 2013
- Phillipa Trudie Parkes BSc FCA since 2013
- Pauline Nina Collinson since 2014
- Robert Gary Field
- Sheila Anne Field
Portfolio (2)
- Laurence Edward Parkes since 2013
- Margaret Elaine Rankin
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
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1075904
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18 SEPTEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED ON 12 MAY 1999
- Contact on the register
- 01543477172 · michael.hall10@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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