Registered charity · Birmingham
The Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham
1.1 The charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:1.1.1 The promotion, diffusion and development of the knowledge and love of the fine arts, including but not limited to painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture,...
- 13 trustees
- Income £20k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Robert WenleyChair · since 2015
- Alexander ReynoldsTrustee · since 2015
- Catherine Elizabeth ChaseTrustee
- Dr Paul Stanley Spencer-Longhurst FSATrustee
- John Peter CooperTrustee · since 2019
- John Theodore ChristophersTrustee
- Professor Khadija CarrollTrustee · since 2021
- Richard KenrickTrustee · since 2024
- Richard William MeekTrustee · since 2020
- Rita McleanTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah WoodTrustee
- Thomas EllmerTrustee · since 2020
- Vivian FullerTrustee · since 2017
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
- Linked company
- Public Picture Gallery Fund Birmingham
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£15k
- 2024£25k£41k
- 2023£25k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£27k£25k
- 2021£24k£65k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1.1 The charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:1.1.1 The promotion, diffusion and development of the knowledge and love of the fine arts, including but not limited to painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, film, digital and other new media, through the financial support of the acquisition of such works for the residents and visitors of the city of Birmingham, exhibited free of charge, as the directors shall, in their absolute discretion, think most convenient and effectual for the attainment of the object. 1.2 Whether or not a piece of art will constitute “fine art” as referred to in article 1.1.1 above, will be for the directors in their absolute discretion to determine.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Robert Wenley Chair since 2015
- Alexander Reynolds since 2015
- Catherine Elizabeth Chase
- Dr Paul Stanley Spencer-Longhurst FSA
- John Theodore Christophers
- John Peter Cooper since 2019
- Professor Khadija Carroll since 2021
- Richard Kenrick since 2024
- Richard William Meek since 2020
- Rita Mclean since 2024
- Sarah Wood
- Thomas Ellmer since 2020
- Vivian Fuller since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Wenley Chair since 2015
- Alexander Reynolds since 2015
- John Peter Cooper since 2019
- Richard William Meek since 2020
- Thomas Ellmer since 2020
- Vivian Fuller since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alexander Reynolds since 2015
- Dr Paul Stanley Spencer-Longhurst FSA
- John Theodore Christophers
- John Peter Cooper since 2019
- Professor Khadija Carroll since 2021
- Richard Kenrick since 2024
- Richard William Meek since 2020
- Rita Mclean since 2024
- Sarah Wood
- Thomas Ellmer since 2020
- Vivian Fuller since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Robert Wenley Chair since 2015
- Catherine Elizabeth Chase
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.
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
- 214495
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 APR 1871AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUN 1904AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 SEP 1949AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 JAN 2007 as amended on 28 Dec 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 00005409 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0121 456 8454 · sarah.wood@mills-reeve.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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