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The British Library Trust

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £0 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Linked company
The British Library Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£0
  • 2023£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£0
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:4.1.1 ADVANCING AND SUPPORTING THE OBJECTS OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD AS SET OUT IN SECTION 1 OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY ACT 1972 INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):4.1.1.1 ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF, AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO, THE BRITISH LIBRARY COLLECTIONS;4.1.1.2 PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE BRITISH LIBRARY AS A NATIONAL CENTRE FOR REFERENCE, STUDY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES, IN RELATION BOTH TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL MATTERS AND TO THE HUMANITIES; 4.1.1.3 PROMOTING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY IN PARTICULAR FOR THE TIME BEING TO INSTITUTIONS OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING, OTHER LIBRARIES AND INDUSTRY; AND4.1.1.4 PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY COLLECTIONS. 4.1.2 ADVANCING AND SUPPORTING THE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF OTHER LIBRARIES, LIBRARY FACILITIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES THE SUPPORT OF WHICH WOULD BE CONDUCIVE OR COMPLEMENTARY TO THE WORK OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY.4.1.3 FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT (AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING), THE TRUSTEES MAY FULFILL THE OBJECTS, OR ANY ONE OF THEM, BY MAKING GRANTS OR DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD OR ANY OTHER PERSON, BODY OR INSTITUTION AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Grants received

9 grants · £47,766,344 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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.

1 trustees on the board

14y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (1)

1
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 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 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 1Business services 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1148608
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 FEB 2012
Companies House
Company number 07943525 · Active - Proposal to Strike off
Contact on the register
02074127456 · BLTRUSTCONTACT@BL.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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