Registered charity · Watlington
Friends of Watlington Library
- 12 trustees
- Income £16k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Anna Margaret TilleyChair · since 2016
- Christopher WhiteTrustee · since 2025
- Diana JOY YoungTrustee
- Helen Claire SpeirsTrustee · since 2012
- James Thomas ClarkeTrustee · since 2024
- Julia HeyworthTrustee · since 2012
- Julie Suzanne PolkinghorneTrustee · since 2022
- Karen Jane CemmTrustee · since 2020
- Lucinda ShawTrustee · since 2018
- Nicholas HancockTrustee · since 2018
- Philip George PinneyTrustee · since 2008
- Renee GrassbyTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- friendsofwatlingtonlibrary.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£16k£11k
- 2025£11k£9k
- 2024£13k£8k
Earlier years
- 2023£10k£11k
- 2022£7k£4k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATLINGTON LIBRARY, THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Dr Anna Margaret Tilley Chair since 2016
- Christopher White since 2025
- Diana JOY Young
- Helen Claire Speirs since 2012
- Julia Heyworth since 2012
- James Thomas Clarke since 2024
- Julie Suzanne Polkinghorne since 2022
- Karen Jane Cemm since 2020
- Lucinda Shaw since 2018
- Nicholas Hancock since 2018
- Philip George Pinney since 2008
- Renee Grassby
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Anna Margaret Tilley Chair since 2016
- Helen Claire Speirs since 2012
- Julia Heyworth since 2012
- Lucinda Shaw since 2018
- Nicholas Hancock since 2018
- Philip George Pinney since 2008
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Dr Anna Margaret Tilley Chair since 2016
- Christopher White since 2025
- Diana JOY Young
- Helen Claire Speirs since 2012
- Julia Heyworth since 2012
- James Thomas Clarke since 2024
- Karen Jane Cemm since 2020
- Lucinda Shaw since 2018
- Philip George Pinney since 2008
- Renee Grassby
Portfolio (2)
- Julie Suzanne Polkinghorne since 2022
- Nicholas Hancock since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1072468
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13TH OCTOBER 1998 as amended on 10 Oct 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07775581448 · annamtilley@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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