The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Henry Barber Trust

Registered charity 528917 Registered since 1987

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.

11.7y median 7y
average tenure
41y
longest tenure
14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

2
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 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Education 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£2.6m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

34.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.9 in 2021

1 from 2 in 2021
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailhenry.barber.trust@aol.co.uk
Phone07864 059550
AddressBarber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2TS

Finances

£2,564,235 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,952,926£2,020,755
2022£2,159,991£2,340,441
2023£3,448,339£2,661,994
2024£2,547,797£1,793,933
2025£2,564,235£2,003,996

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE FOUR PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS OF LAW, JURISPRUDENCE, FINE ARTS AND MUSIC, TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER ANNUITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES, THE REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE BUILDING, THE PURCHASE OF WORKS OF ART AND THE PROVISION OF MUSICAL RECITALS

Governing document: DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 13 DECEMBER 1932 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES DATED 23 NOVEMBER 1966, 30 NOVEMBER 1967, 29 APRIL 1976, 5 FEBRUARY 1987, 10 NOVEMBER 1995 AND RESOLUTION PASSED 20 NOVEMBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20 JANUARY 2006 AND RESOLUTION PASSED UNDER SECTION 282 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011 (8 OCTOBER 2021) AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 1ST JULY 2026

Trustees (6)

6trustees
70median age
1aged 70+

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