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Birmingham Museums Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stephen Edward HughesDirector · since 2026
- Deborah Jacqueline SpenceDirector · since 2026
- Jane RichardsonDirector · since 2025
- Louise Brooke-SmithDirector · since 2025
- David Sean BarkerDirector · since 2025
- Anthony Frederick SimpsonDirector · since 2022
- Alden, Robert James Cambary, CllrDirector · since 2020
- Zak MensahSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 36
- Jess Rose Phillips 2023-2024 View profile
- Tracey Ann Stephenson 2023-2025 View profile
- Liam Darbon 2021-2025 View profile
- Sapreena Kumari 2021-2026 View profile
- Eleanor Porter 2021-2024 View profile
- Philip Michael Davis 2020-2024 View profile
- Niels Ernest De Vos 2020-2026 View profile
- Clive Lewis Bawden 2019-2025 View profile
- Liam Dominic Byrne 2019-2022 View profile
- Dr Jane Louise Brooke-Smith 2019-2024 View profile
- John Diviney 2018-2024 View profile
- Luke Southall 2018-2021 View profile
- Claire Vanessa Williamson 2018-2023 View profile
- Mohammed Dulal Ali MBE 2018-2022 View profile
- Tracey Stephenson 2017-2020 View profile
- Edward Jonathan Turpie 2017-2024 View profile
- Christine Margaret Twigg 2017-2020 View profile
- Stephen John Sellers 2015-2016 View profile
- Dr Randal Anthony Maddock Brew 2014-2020 View profile
- Stephen Roy Freer 2013-2016 View profile
- Mohammed Rafiq Rahman 2013-2019 View profile
- Professor Ian Daniel Grosvenor 2013-2020 View profile
- Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones 2012-2015 View profile
- David John Lewis 2012-2018 View profile
- Cobham, Penelope Ann, Viscountess 2012-2016 View profile
- Jan Teo 2012-2018 View profile
- David John Pett 2012-2012 View profile
- Andrew James Torrance 2012-2012 View profile
- Graham Leslie Allen 2012-2016 View profile
- Deborah Mary Rachel De Haes 2012-2018 View profile
- Muhammad Afzal 2012-2020 View profile
- Clark, Leonard Albert, Honorary Alderman 2011-2015 View profile
- Richard Bruce Paterson 2019-2021 View profile
- Eamon Fergal Mooney 2017-2022 View profile
- Judith Anne Wilson 2013-2017 View profile
- William Hutchinson Smith 2012-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 11/08/2011
- Also a registered charity
- Birmingham Museums Trust
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Birmingham Museums Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 other companies in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
32 grants · £18,023,852 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 · £9,450,636 (18 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,818,402 (6 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £2,062,214 (3 grants)
- Birmingham City Council · £692,600 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
7 directors on the board
- Anthony Frederick Simpson Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen Edward Hughes Director · appointed 2026
- Alden, Robert James Cambary, Cllr Director · appointed 2020
- Jane Richardson Director · appointed 2025
- David Sean Barker Director · appointed 2025
- Louise Brooke-Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Deborah Jacqueline Spence Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Alden, Robert James Cambary, Cllr Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- David Sean Barker Director · appointed 2025
- Louise Brooke-Smith Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Anthony Frederick Simpson Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen Edward Hughes Director · appointed 2026
- Alden, Robert James Cambary, Cllr Director · appointed 2020
- Jane Richardson Director · appointed 2025
- Deborah Jacqueline Spence Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Sapreena Kumari Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Niels Ernest De Vos Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07737797
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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