Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester
Groby Community Library Group
- 8 trustees
- Income £19k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- David Robert RobinsonChair · since 2017
- Jane Madeline ClarkeTrustee · since 2020
- John Grahame Simon MartinTrustee · since 2017
- Karen SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Lisa ClarkeTrustee · since 2019
- Rosalind Anne SmithTrustee · since 2017
- Sheila PlummerTrustee · since 2026
- Sue YatesTrustee · since 2018
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, Recreation
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Website
- www.grobylibrary.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19k£17k
- 2024£17k£15k
- 2023£17k£20k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£11k
- 2021£16k£9k
Charitable objects
1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GROBY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF A VOLUNTEER RUN LENDING LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION. (2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GROBY IN LEICESTERSHIRE 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 AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR, BY: (A) PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING (B) ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING LEARNING AS A LEISURE ACTIVITY AND FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (C) PROVISION OF INFORMATION MEDIA SUCH AS THE INTERNET AND AN INFORMATION CENTRE IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A LIBRARY FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- David Robert Robinson Chair since 2017
- John Grahame Simon Martin since 2017
- Jane Madeline Clarke since 2020
- Karen Smith since 2026
- Lisa Clarke since 2019
- Rosalind Anne Smith since 2017
- Sheila Plummer since 2026
- Sue Yates since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- David Robert Robinson Chair since 2017
- John Grahame Simon Martin since 2017
- Lisa Clarke since 2019
- Rosalind Anne Smith since 2017
- Sue Yates since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- David Robert Robinson Chair since 2017
- John Grahame Simon Martin since 2017
- Jane Madeline Clarke since 2020
- Karen Smith since 2026
- Lisa Clarke since 2019
- Rosalind Anne Smith since 2017
- Sheila Plummer since 2026
- Sue Yates since 2018
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Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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
- 1165994
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 10 Mar 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01163053601 · enquiries@grobylibrary.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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