The Cambridge Project for the Book Trust
Registered charity 1000804 Registered since 1990
Operates: Throughout London, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
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How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
13y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Elsa Meyland-Smith since 2013
5.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Christopher DE Hamel
- Dr Stella Panayotova
- Elsa Meyland-Smith since 2013
- Prof Richard Mccabe FBA
- Virginia Crum-Jones
Portfolio (2)
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 1Other services 1
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£150 latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge 1 shared trustee
- Cambridge University Musical Society Fund 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Y Gwalia-Canolfan Y Teulu Penrhiwceiber Similar size; both Education
- The Wine Guild Charitable Trust Similar size; both Education
- The Pegasus School Trust Similar size; both Education
- Anybody UK Similar size; both Education
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.cpbooktrust.org |
| APHILLIPS.CPBT@GMAIL.COM | |
| Phone | 01223332100 |
| Address | MAGDALENE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0AG |
Finances
£150 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £18,000 | £24,689 |
| 2022 | £2,500 | £3,376 |
| 2023 | £4,500 | £4,957 |
| 2024 | £0 | £2,852 |
| 2025 | £150 | £656 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingWho
Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES AND BOOK CONSERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1990
Trustees (7)
7trustees
89median age
2aged 70+
- Professor Adrian Patrick Antony Kent Chair
- Dr Christopher DE Hamel
- Dr Stella Panayotova
- Edna Murphy
- Elsa Meyland-Smithage band 85-89 since 2013
- Prof Richard Mccabe FBAage band 90-94
- Virginia Crum-Jones
Connected charities (2)
- The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge 1 shared trustee
- Cambridge University Musical Society Fund 1 shared trustee
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