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Registered charity · Birmingham

The Balsall Heath Local History Society

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £6k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.balsallheathhistory.co.uk.wwwthelostchildren.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6k£5k
  • 2024£2k£5k
  • 2023£6k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£10k
  • 2021£9k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF LOCAL HISTORY IN BALSALL HEATH THROUGH:ENCOURAGING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY TO UNDERTAKE BOTH WRITTEN AND ORAL RESEARCH;PROMOTING LOCAL HISTORY IN SCHOOLS;COLLECTING ARTEFACTS, IMAGES AND DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL;UNDERTAKING REMINISCENCE WORK WITH OLDER PEOPLE;WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, INCLUDING OTHER LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETIES;MOUNTING EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC;ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE INTEREST IN AND AN AWARENESS OF LOCAL HISTORY RELATING TO BIRMINGHAM, BALSALL HEATH AND HIGHGATE.

Grants received

8 grants · £194,597 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £174,697 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,900 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £23,0972025-07-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £32,1002018-02-12
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002014-07-28
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002012-07-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002009-06-18
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.

12.3y median 15y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 5Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 2Business services 1Hospitality 1

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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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£6k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1101945
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30 APRIL 1998 AS AMENDED 5 APRIL 2002.
Contact on the register
0121 689 2584 · val.hart@balsallheathhistory.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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