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Registered charity · Birmingham

The Birmingham Civic Society

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £24k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Birmingham Civic Society
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£24k£31k
  • 2024£30k£54k
  • 2023£47k£85k
Earlier years
  • 2022£87k£62k
  • 2021£68k£50k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1 TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE.2 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY.3 TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC AMENITIES AND FEATURES OR AREAS OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CITY.4 TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

Grants received

3 grants · £113,000 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 · £110,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £54,3002021-12-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,0002021-01-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £55,7002017-10-23
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

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 8Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Other services 11Arts and leisure 5Education 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£24k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1123806
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/11/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2015 as amended on 16 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 06426178 · Active
Contact on the register
01214560190 · info@birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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