# THE HENRY BARBER TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 528917
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 2, 1987
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=528917


## Contact

- **Address:** Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B15 2TS
- **Phone:** 07864 059550
- **Email:** henry.barber.trust@aol.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FOUR PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS OF LAW, JURISPRUDENCE, FINE ARTS AND MUSIC, TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER ANNUITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES, THE REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE BUILDING, THE PURCHASE OF WORKS OF ART AND THE PROVISION OF MUSICAL RECITALS.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £2547797 | £1793933 | £60211835 | 1 |
| July 31, 2023 | £3448339 | £2661994 | £56607238 | 2 |
| July 31, 2022 | £2159991 | £2340441 | £57335569 | 2 |
| July 31, 2021 | £1952926 | £2020755 | £54038053 | 2 |
| July 31, 2020 | £2009524 | £1822298 | £44787627 | 2 |



## Trustees

- **Hugh Bampfield Carslake** (Chair) — appointed July 15, 1985
- Dr Alexander John Sturgis — appointed June 18, 2019
- Emma Stenning — appointed March 14, 2024
- Joseph Richard Bates FCA, DChA — appointed Nov. 30, 2017
- Professor Adam Thomas Tickell — appointed March 17, 2022
- Victoria Jane Perkins Simpson — appointed June 18, 2019