Registered charity (CIO) · Leicestershire
Sapcote Community Library
Sapcote Community Library is a registered charity (number 1167496) based in Leicestershire, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Carolyn Watson-Senior since 2025. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as SCL (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Carolyn Watson-SeniorChair · since 2025
- Alfie StallardTrustee · since 2026
- Carol LowdonTrustee · since 2025
- Jean KirklandTrustee · since 2025
- Joanne BouchardTrustee · since 2026
- Julia PorterTrustee · since 2025
- Linda AbahamsTrustee · since 2021
- Sara ShaveTrustee · since 2025
- Susan JenkinsTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£6k
- 2024£7k£7k
- 2023£7k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£8k
- 2021£17k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SAPCOTE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY OPERATING AND MANAGING A LENDING LIBRARY.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAPCOTE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC LENDING LIBRARY FOR RECREATION AND/OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LIFE OF THE SAID RESIDENTS.
Grants received
3 grants · £52,212 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £44,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,212 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Carolyn Watson-Senior Chair since 2025
- Alfie Stallard since 2026
- Carol Lowdon since 2025
- Jean Kirkland since 2025
- Joanne Bouchard since 2026
- Julia Porter since 2025
- Linda Abahams since 2021
- Sara Shave since 2025
- Susan Jenkins since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Carolyn Watson-Senior Chair since 2025
- Alfie Stallard since 2026
- Carol Lowdon since 2025
- Jean Kirkland since 2025
- Joanne Bouchard since 2026
- Julia Porter since 2025
- Linda Abahams since 2021
- Sara Shave since 2025
- Susan Jenkins since 2024
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1167496
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 06 Jun 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07818222691 · SAPCOTECOMMUNITYLIBRARY@GMAIL.COM
- 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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