The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Midlands Arts Centre

Registered charity 528979 Registered since 1962

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.9y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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.

Education 17Arts and leisure 9Hospitality 2

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£5.8m latest income
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.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.7 in 2021

189 from 154 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.
15%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitewww.macbirmingham.co.uk
Emailinfo@macbirmingham.co.uk
Phone01214463200
AddressMIDLANDS ARTS CENTRE, CANNON HILL PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9QH

Finances

£5,811,868 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,449,228£2,978,297
2022£4,576,511£4,498,859
2023£5,676,927£5,881,229
2024£5,694,712£5,640,744
2025£5,811,868£6,263,139

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF, EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 MARCH 1962 AS AMENDED 11 AUGUST 1982 AND 18 APRIL 1984 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED 24/9/14

Trustees (12)

12trustees
55median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Midlands Arts Centre · 00718349 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/03/1962

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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