Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham

Northfield Arts Forum

6 trustees
Income £261k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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: Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where: Birmingham City
Website: northfieldartsforum.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2023

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£261k£224k

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DISTRICT OF NORTHFIELD, THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY OFFERING ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-FOCUSED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, SUCH AS CLASSES, COURSES, EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN POTTERY, HORTICULTURE, DANCE, POETRY, TEXTILES, SINGING, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, SCRIPTED PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVE WRITING

Grants received

4 grants · £78,250 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 · £50,300 (2 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,850
Sport England · £8,100

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £19,8502025-02-13
Sport England £8,1002020-03-18
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002018-06-12
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £40,3002017-08-30

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.

6 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

Christine Spooner since 2023

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 5Disability 1Education/training 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Health and social care 2

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: 1206257
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 19 Dec 2023
Contact on the register: 07411665665 · info@northfieldartsforum.com
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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