Registered charity (CIO) · Suffolk
Beccles Library Community Trust
Beccles Library Community Trust is a registered charity (number 1162295) based in Suffolk, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £15k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Blct (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £15k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- Where
- Suffolk
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15k£11k
- 2024£15k£4k
- 2023£8k£42k
Earlier years
- 2022£25k£6k
- 2021£11k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC;2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES IN BECCLES, SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREA.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Anthony Brown since 2017
- Andrea Elizabeth Downes since 2017
- Janet Gandy since 2017
- Nicola Spindler since 2021
- Sharon Chapman since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Brown since 2017
- Andrea Elizabeth Downes since 2017
- Janet Gandy since 2017
- Sharon Chapman since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anthony Brown since 2017
- Andrea Elizabeth Downes since 2017
- Janet Gandy since 2017
- Nicola Spindler since 2021
- Sharon Chapman since 2020
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
- 1162295
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 18 Jun 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01502 442820 · beccles.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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