The Oxford Bibliographical Society
Registered charity 1162319 Registered since 2015
Operates: United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland
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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.
16 trustees on the board
- Alexandra Elizabeth Plane since 2020
- Daniel Joseph Fried since 2020
- Dr David George Rundle since 2006
- Dr Francesca Louise Galligan since 2022
- Dr Lucy Elizabeth Pasteur since 2023
- Dr Mark Stuart Byford since 2023
- Dr Sarah Cusk since 2020
- Elizabeth Jane Adams since 2020
- John Ryan since 2023
- Mark Davidson Bainbridge since 2020
- Nigel GUY Wilson FBA since 2018
- Nikki Tomkins since 2025
- Professor Adam Smyth since 2022
- Paul Westcott Nash since 2025
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2020
- Scott Howard Mandelbrote since 2006
6.4y median 6y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexandra Elizabeth Plane since 2020
- Daniel Joseph Fried since 2020
- Dr David George Rundle since 2006
- Dr Sarah Cusk since 2020
- Elizabeth Jane Adams since 2020
- Mark Davidson Bainbridge since 2020
- Nigel GUY Wilson FBA since 2018
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2020
- Scott Howard Mandelbrote since 2006
8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alexandra Elizabeth Plane since 2020
- Daniel Joseph Fried since 2020
- Dr David George Rundle since 2006
- Dr Francesca Louise Galligan since 2022
- Dr Lucy Elizabeth Pasteur since 2023
- Dr Sarah Cusk since 2020
- Elizabeth Jane Adams since 2020
- John Ryan since 2023
- Mark Davidson Bainbridge since 2020
- Nikki Tomkins since 2025
- Paul Westcott Nash since 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Dr Mark Stuart Byford since 2023
- Nigel GUY Wilson FBA since 2018
- Professor Adam Smyth since 2022
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2020
- Scott Howard Mandelbrote since 2006
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 16Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General 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.
Health and social care 1Professional services 1Tech and media 1
Gaps to watch
- 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£28k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Master (OR Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge 1 shared trustee
- The Herculaneum Society 1 shared trustee
- The Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
- Lambeth Palace Library Development Trust and Friends CIO 1 shared trustee
- The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Oakdale Junior School Parent Teacher Association Similar size; both Education
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.oxbibsoc.org.uk |
| secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01608654349 |
| Address | UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BODLEIAN LIBRARY, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3BG |
Finances
£27,603 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £13,704 | £7,940 |
| 2021 | £13,275 | £696 |
| 2022 | £16,122 | £8,045 |
| 2023 | £14,250 | £5,464 |
| 2024 | £27,603 | £12,409 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
I.THE SOCIETY EXISTS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH IN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUBJECTS AND BY THE DISSEMINATION OF THAT RESEARCH TO THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.II.THE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH THE SOCIETY PROMOTES ITS OBJECT INCLUDE:(A) TO PRINT AND DISSEMINATE PUBLICATIONS, IN PRINT AND ELECTRONICALLY;(B) TO HOLD MEETINGS FOR THE DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS AND THE ARTS AND TRADES CONNECTED WITH THEM;(C) TO ORGANISE VISITS TO LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS;(D) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE SAID OBJECTS.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05 JUN 2013
Trustees (16)
16trustees
58median age
1aged 70+
- Alexandra Elizabeth Plane since 2020
- Daniel Joseph Fried since 2020
- Dr David George Rundle since 2006
- Dr Francesca Louise Galligan since 2022
- Dr Lucy Elizabeth Pasteur since 2023
- Dr Mark Stuart Byford since 2023
- Dr Sarah Cusk since 2020
- Elizabeth Jane Adamsage band 55-59 since 2020
- John Ryan since 2023
- Mark Davidson Bainbridge since 2020
- Nigel GUY Wilson FBAage band 90-94 since 2018
- Nikki Tomkins since 2025
- Professor Adam Smyth since 2022
- Paul Westcott Nash since 2025
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2020
- Scott Howard Mandelbroteage band 55-59 since 2006
Connected charities (5)
- The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon 1 shared trustee
- Lambeth Palace Library Development Trust and Friends CIO 1 shared trustee
- The Master (OR Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge 1 shared trustee
- The Herculaneum Society 1 shared trustee
- The Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford 1 shared trustee
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