Registered charity · Birmingham
Smethwick Photographic Society
Smethwick Photographic Society is a registered charity (number 702550) based in Birmingham, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £33k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £33k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Sandwell
- Website
- www.smethwickps.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£33k£40k
- 2023£41k£33k
- 2022£26k£29k
Earlier years
- 2021£39k£46k
- 2020£48k£36k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- David Arthur Lowe since 2011
- David Michael Yates since 2011
- Judith Margaret Parry
- Michael Sharples since 2023
- Roger Francis Parry
Trustees past 6 years
- David Arthur Lowe since 2011
- David Michael Yates since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- David Arthur Lowe since 2011
- David Michael Yates since 2011
- Judith Margaret Parry
- Michael Sharples since 2023
- Roger Francis Parry
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 702550
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 20 JULY 1989 as amended on 01 Oct 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01214274224 · roger.parry@blueyonder.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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