The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind

Registered charity 516477 Registered since 1985

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8Education/training 2

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 12Education 6Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across 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£1.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

44.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.5 in 2021

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.brib.org.uk
Emailbrib@focusbirmingham.org.uk
Phone0121 393 4849
AddressBIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR, THE BLIND, 49 COURT OAK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9TG

Finances

£1,044,846 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£880,895£1,101,996
2022£903,189£833,048
2023£1,066,481£1,183,946
2024£1,053,111£1,412,979
2025£1,044,846£1,079,019

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, AND TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF THE BLIND (SUCH TERM INCLUDING PERSONS WHO THOUGH NOT TOTALLY BLIND ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HANDICAPPED BY DEFECTIVE VISIONOR ARE THREATENED WITH BLINDNESS), EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, BY SECURING THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE BLIND IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROMTIME TO TIME DETERMINE; TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/03/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/09/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/11/2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind · 01900123 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/03/1985

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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