Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham
Midlands Parks Forum
Midlands Parks Forum is a registered charity (number 1186863) based in Birmingham, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Liz Stuffins MSc Cmli since 2019. Latest income £47k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £47k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.midlandsparksforum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£47k£48k
- 2024£37k£43k
- 2023£65k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£34k£36k
- 2021£67k£43k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROVIDE AND ENHANCE, AND / OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND ENHANCEMENT OF, THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY) AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC PARKS, GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLAND, PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE RESERVES AND RECREATIONAL SPACES;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) WITH REGARDS TO THE HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE, ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY, HERITAGE AND LOCAL HISTORY; AND3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF PARKS AND GREEN OPEN SPACES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE, THE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE AN UMBRELLA GROUP FOR OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS.IN THESE OBJECTS, THE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS WITHIN THE EAST AND WEST MIDLANDS.
Grants received
2 grants · £210,888 total360Giving 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 · £208,488
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,400
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Liz Stuffins MSc Cmli Chair since 2019
- Angela Lewis since 2019
- Felicity Claire Hogg since 2022
- Ishrat Karimi Fini M.A. since 2019
- James Dymond since 2019
- James Cairncross since 2022
- Richard Hunt since 2021
- Samantha Rae Village since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Liz Stuffins MSc Cmli Chair since 2019
- Angela Lewis since 2019
- Ishrat Karimi Fini M.A. since 2019
- James Dymond since 2019
- Samantha Rae Village since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Liz Stuffins MSc Cmli Chair since 2019
- Felicity Claire Hogg since 2022
- Ishrat Karimi Fini M.A. since 2019
- James Dymond since 2019
- James Cairncross since 2022
- Richard Hunt since 2021
- Samantha Rae Village since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Angela Lewis since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1186863
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Dec 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07384 312840 · info@midlandsparksforum.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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