Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Analysis

Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery reported income of £35k and spending of £43k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £35k (-8.8%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Film and Video Workshop (£35k), Bangor New Music Festival (£35k) and Bedford Choral Society (£35k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.