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the henry barber trust

The charity supports other defined groups. The Henry Barber Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Birmingham and operates in Birmingham City.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,547,797
Latest Expenditure
£1,793,933

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 65.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 92.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 9.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £64,302
Charitable Activities £11,770
Other Trading £0
Investments £2,471,725
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,656,577
Raising Funds £137,356
Governance £29,122
Grants to Institutions £1,573,331
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£2,547,797£1,793,933£1,656,577£60,211,835£5,031,2741 / 0
2023£3,448,339£2,661,994£2,532,264£56,607,238£4,157,5342 / 0
2022£2,159,991£2,340,441£2,094,226£57,335,569£57,335,5692 / 0
2021£1,952,926£2,020,755£1,444,188£54,038,053£3,176,3712 / 0
2020£2,009,524£1,822,298£1,612,627£44,787,627£3,089,6062 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers