Registered charity · Birmingham
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
- 8 trustees
- Income £207k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alistair Vivian AstlingTrustee · since 2011
- Catherine StaveleyTrustee · since 2023
- Charles WestonTrustee · since 2024
- Edward IsaacsTrustee · since 2025
- Linda BarlowTrustee · since 2024
- Patrick Thomas O'DonohueTrustee · since 2026
- Simon ConollyTrustee · since 2024
- Wendy Geraldine HigginsTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.rbsa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
- Registered
- 1969
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£207k£189k
- 2023£160k£204k
- 2022£236k£232k
Earlier years
- 2021£235k£145k
- 2020£183k£165k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND THE PRACTICE OF ART AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE CERAMICS AND ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ALLIED ARTS AND CRAFTS. TO ADVANCE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE FINE ARTS, MORE ESPECIALLY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNING DISTRICT.
Grants received
4 grants · £156,300 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 · £151,300 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Alistair Vivian Astling since 2011
- Catherine Staveley since 2023
- Charles Weston since 2024
- Edward Isaacs since 2025
- Linda Barlow since 2024
- Patrick Thomas O'Donohue since 2026
- Simon Conolly since 2024
- Wendy Geraldine Higgins since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Alistair Vivian Astling since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alistair Vivian Astling since 2011
- Catherine Staveley since 2023
- Charles Weston since 2024
- Edward Isaacs since 2025
- Linda Barlow since 2024
- Patrick Thomas O'Donohue since 2026
- Simon Conolly since 2024
- Wendy Geraldine Higgins since 2026
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 528894
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUN AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH JUNE, 1912, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 2ND JANURARY, 1969. as amended on 26 Oct 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 00122616 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01212364353 · rbsagallery@rbsa.org.uk
- 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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