The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The John Avins Trust

Registered charity 217301 Registered since 1963

Operates: Birmingham City

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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.

5 trustees on the board

10.3y median 13y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£57k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailchrissy@johnavinstrust.org.uk
Phone07940 160 844
AddressRegistered Office - Shakespeare Martineau, 1 Colmore Square, BIRMINGHAM, Email for Correspondence Address, B4 6AA

Finances

£56,733 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£45,001£67,323
2022£50,016£63,977
2023£49,431£61,487
2024£57,470£57,743
2025£56,733£62,639

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

) TO PROVIDE SUCH YEARLY SUM TO BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME TO BE APPLIED IN PROVIDING A SCHOLARSHIP OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE CALLED THE JOHN AVIS SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH SHALL BE TENABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM FOR A PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN THREE YEARS BY PUPILS OR FORMER PUPILS OF ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA AND SHALL BE COMPETED FOR, GRANTED AND HELD UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE.2) TO PROVIDE SUCH YEARLY SUM TO BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME TO BE APPLIED IN PROVIDING A SCHOLARSHIP OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE CALLED THE ELIZA AVINS MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP OR THE ELIZA AVINS MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH SHALL BE TENABLE AT ANY INSTITUTION GIVING SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC FOR A PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN THREE YEARS BY PUPILS OR FORMER PUPILS OF ANY SCHOOL IN BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA AND SHALL BE COMPETED FOR, GRANTED AND HELD UPON SUCH CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE C1. XXXVLL OF THE WILL AND SCHEME OF 23 FEBRUARY 1976)

Governing document: WILL OF JOHN AVINS PROVED P. 340-6 AND SCHEME OF 23 FEBRUARY 1976 AS AMENDED BY AN ORDER DATED 31 AUGUST 1977, SCHEMES DATED 5TH APRIL 1982 AND 2 FEBRUARY 2011.

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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