The Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham

Analysis

The Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00005409). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham reported income of £20k and spending of £15k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £24k to £20k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reading Phoenix Choir (£20k), Llanddewi Brefi Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£20k) and Markfield Community Library (£20k).