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Registered charity · Oxford

The Oxford Bibliographical Society

The Oxford Bibliographical Society is a registered charity (number 1162319) based in Oxford, governed by 16 trustees and chaired by Dr Francesca Louise Galligan since 2022. Latest income £12k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as OBS (Charity Commission)

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £12k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.oxbibsoc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£12k£4k
  • 2024£28k£12k
  • 2023£14k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£16k£8k
  • 2021£13k£696

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable 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.

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.

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure
7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (5)

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 16Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£28k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1162319
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05 JUN 2013
Contact on the register
01608654349 · secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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