Registered charity · Essex
The Friends of Thomas Plume's Library
- 9 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- SUE Swaffin-SmithChair · since 2003
- Alan Louis BrownTrustee · since 2016
- Diana June ArthurTrustee · since 2002
- Francis GarciaTrustee · since 2023
- Janis Elizabeth CroomTrustee · since 2016
- Malcolm Neil EdwardTrustee · since 2022
- Rachel WoodTrustee · since 2023
- Sheila Grace BatesTrustee · since 2020
- Susan Jean EdwardTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Essex
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£6k
- 2024£9k£13k
- 2023£6k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£4k
- 2021£8k£13k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MALDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THOMAS PLUME'S LIBRARY (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 310661)THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY FORM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
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.
9 trustees on the board
- SUE Swaffin-Smith Chair since 2003
- Alan Louis Brown since 2016
- Diana June Arthur since 2002
- Francis Garcia since 2023
- Janis Elizabeth Croom since 2016
- Malcolm Neil Edward since 2022
- Rachel Wood since 2023
- Sheila Grace Bates since 2020
- Susan Jean Edward since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- SUE Swaffin-Smith Chair since 2003
- Alan Louis Brown since 2016
- Diana June Arthur since 2002
- Janis Elizabeth Croom since 2016
- Sheila Grace Bates since 2020
- Susan Jean Edward since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alan Louis Brown since 2016
- Diana June Arthur since 2002
- Francis Garcia since 2023
- Malcolm Neil Edward since 2022
- Rachel Wood since 2023
- Sheila Grace Bates since 2020
- Susan Jean Edward since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- SUE Swaffin-Smith Chair since 2003
- Janis Elizabeth Croom since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1098311
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 JANUARY 2003 AS AMENDED 14 JUNE 2003
- Contact on the register
- 01621891248 · croomdecjec@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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