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The Henry Barber Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.
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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about The Henry Barber Trust?
Reported income · year ending 2025-07-31
£2,564,235
Reported spending · year ending 2025-07-31
£2,003,996
Registered charity number
528917
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
University of Birmingham
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
The Henry Barber Trust (number 528917) 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 The Henry Barber Trust do?
To fund four professorial chairs at the University of Birmingham;To fund the maintenance of the Barber Institute;To purchase works of art or beauty for display at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts;To fund musical recitals for performance at or in connection with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts;To purchase musical instruments, printed and manuscript music and musical and fine arts books.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Henry Barber Trust
Answers The Henry Barber Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 July 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Henry Barber Trust's highest-paid staff paid?
The Henry Barber Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does The Henry Barber Trust's money come from?
The Henry Barber Trust reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were investments £2.6m (99%), charitable activities £14k (1%).
Investments£2.6m · 99%
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£14k · 1%
Does The Henry Barber Trust receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for The Henry Barber Trust. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
The Henry Barber 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 does not record The Henry Barber Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
The Henry Barber Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Birmingham City
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Organisations; Other Charitable Activities.
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 The Henry Barber Trust registered for?
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Henry Barber Trust yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Henry Barber Trust.
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The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists The Henry Barber Trust as a registered charity (number 528917) 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 The Henry Barber Trust's charity number?
The Henry Barber Trust's charity number is 528917. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 528917?
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What does The Henry Barber Trust do?
To fund four professorial chairs at the University of Birmingham;To fund the maintenance of the Barber Institute;To purchase works of art or beauty for display at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts;To fund musical recitals for performance at or in connection with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts;To purchase musical instruments, printed and manuscript music and musical and fine arts books.
Does The Henry Barber Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Henry Barber 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 The Henry Barber Trust?
The Henry Barber Trust does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is The Henry Barber Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Henry Barber Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. 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 The Henry Barber Trust's money come from?
The Henry Barber Trust reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were investments £2.6m (99%), charitable activities £14k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Henry Barber Trust?
The register does not record The Henry Barber Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Henry Barber Trust's trustees paid?
The Henry Barber Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Henry Barber Trust registered as a charity?
The Henry Barber Trust was entered on the register on 2 June 1987.