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Registered charity · Leeds

Shadwell Independent Library Limited

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £21k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Leeds City
Linked company
Shadwell Independent Library Limited
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£22k
  • 2024£20k£16k
  • 2023£20k£19k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£15k
  • 2021£24k£7k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF WEST YORKSHIRE WITH A FOCUS ON THE SHADWELL AREA OF LEEDS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY LIBRARY FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES.(2) TO FURTHER OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW OR UNDER THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 (NOW REPLACED BY SECTION 5 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011) AND ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE NOT COVERED BY THE OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF PURPOSES SET OUT IN SECTION 3 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011 AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT MAY BE RECOGNISED IN THE FUTURE AS BEING SIMILAR TO OR WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

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.

3 trustees on the board

9.7y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 5Arts and leisure 3Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£21k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1151854
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 JUL 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/02/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/03/2013
Companies House
Company number 08126915 · Active
Contact on the register
01132737156
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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