Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 8

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE BIRMINGHAM CIVIC SOCIETY

To ensure Birmingham is an attractive city.Promote high standards of planning &architecture; educate the public in the geography, history, culture & architecture of the city; secure the preservation & improvement of public amenities & features or areas of historic or pubic interest in the city.Promote the concept of active citizenship. Plant trees and raise awareness of the importance of trees.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/23	£47	£85	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/22	£87	£62	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21	£68	£50	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/20	£67	£88	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/19	£119	£109	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18	£103	£134	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/17	£98	£76	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/16	£64	£72	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/15	£103	£75	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/14	£85	£64	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/13	£86	£75	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/12	£90	£112	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/11	£72	£89	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/10	£55	£73	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/09	£41	£33	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk

info@birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk

01214560190

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Birmingham Civic Society
£54,300	17/12/2021	Birmingham Heritage Trails (previously Birmingham Heritage Highlights)
National Lottery Community Fund - The Next Generation Awards
£3,000	22/01/2021 6	The funding will be used to project manage the annual citizenship awards for citizenship projects designed by young people for the community. The project aims to promote good citizenship and create a happier and more cohesive society by helping ....more The funding will be used to project manage the annual citizenship awards for citizenship projects designed by young people for the community. The project aims to promote good citizenship and create a happier and more cohesive society by helping young people engage and learn more about their community and enable them to develop plans to address and help solve problems in their community. This will encourage and showcase the young people’s achievements by providing active citizenship awards.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Birmingham Civic Society
£55,700	23/10/2017	100 years of the Birmingham Civic Society

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72

ALEXANDER ASHLEY MAHRRA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Art Director

CHRISTOPHER JAMES ADAMSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Academic

COUNCILLOR JONATHON PAUL HUNT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Journalist

INDI DEOL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

JACKY GRIFFIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MATTHEW ADAM VAUGHAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Architect

PETER JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sales And Marketing Manager

PROFESSOR IAN GROSVENOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Emeritus Professor

ROBIN BARNES Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director

RICHARD SAPCOTE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Construction Project Manager

STEPHANIE MARIE BLOXHAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Project Co-Ordinator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/04/2008, number: 1123806
Registered at Companies House on 13/11/2007, number: 06426178

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

J W HINKS
19 HIGHFIELD ROAD
EDGBASTON
BIRMINGHAM
B15 3BH

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE.2 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY.3 TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC AMENITIES AND FEATURES OR AREAS OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CITY.4 TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, BIRMINGHAM CITY.

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