Registered charity · No. 1147014Charitable company
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Birmingham Museums Trust
Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Birmingham Museums Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.
Birmingham Museums Trust (number 1147014) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Birmingham Museums Trust do?
To provide access to museums for audiences and participants within Birmingham and the West Midlands region and beyond, through the operation of museums with exhibitions, education, engagement and participation activities.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Birmingham Museums Trust
Answers Birmingham Museums Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Birmingham Museums Trust's highest-paid staff paid?
Birmingham Museums Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£90,001–£100,000
1
£70,001–£80,000
2
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Birmingham Museums Trust's money come from?
Birmingham Museums Trust reported £13m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £11m (88%), trading and fundraising events £1.4m (11%), donations and legacies £113k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £12k.
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£11m · 88%
Trading and fundraising events£1.4m · 11%
Donations and legacies£113k · 1%
Other income£23k · 0%
Investments£17k · 0%
Does Birmingham Museums Trust receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for Birmingham Museums Trust. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
Birmingham Museums Trust reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Birmingham Museums Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Birmingham Museums Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Birmingham Museums Trust registered for?
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science
Why is there no Clarity Score for Birmingham Museums Trust yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Birmingham Museums Trust.
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The register data used for this profile lists Birmingham Museums Trust as a registered charity (number 1147014) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Birmingham Museums Trust's charity number?
Birmingham Museums Trust's charity number is 1147014. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1147014?
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What does Birmingham Museums Trust do?
To provide access to museums for audiences and participants within Birmingham and the West Midlands region and beyond, through the operation of museums with exhibitions, education, engagement and participation activities.
Does Birmingham Museums Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Birmingham Museums Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Birmingham Museums Trust?
Birmingham Museums Trust's website listed in our register data is http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Birmingham Museums Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Birmingham Museums Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Birmingham Museums Trust's money come from?
Birmingham Museums Trust reported £13m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £11m (88%), trading and fundraising events £1.4m (11%), donations and legacies £113k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £12k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Birmingham Museums Trust?
The register records Birmingham Museums Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Birmingham Museums Trust's trustees paid?
Birmingham Museums Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Birmingham Museums Trust previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Birmingham Museums Trust: Birmingham Museums LTD.
When was Birmingham Museums Trust registered as a charity?
Birmingham Museums Trust was entered on the register on 25 April 2012. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07737797).