Registered charity · Bridport
Friends of Charmouth Library
- 5 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Dorset
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£6k
- 2024£5k£4k
- 2023£3k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£3k
- 2021£2k£1k
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CHARMOUTH2. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CHARMOUTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Russell Gainford Telfer Chair since 2017
- Eden Thomson since 2015
- Elizabeth Joy Sansom since 2025
- Linda Sayers since 2015
- Penny Collins since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Russell Gainford Telfer Chair since 2017
- Eden Thomson since 2015
- Linda Sayers since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Russell Gainford Telfer Chair since 2017
- Eden Thomson since 2015
- Linda Sayers since 2015
- Penny Collins since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Elizabeth Joy Sansom since 2025
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.
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
- 1150758
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 OCT 2011AS AMENDED ON 23/04/2012AS AMENDED ON 17/12/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01297560487 · Roberthughes40@btinternet.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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