The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Libraries Unlimited South West

Registered charity 1170092 Registered since 2016

Operates: Devon

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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.

13 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 13General Charitable Purposes 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Religious 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.

Arts and leisure 12Other services 3Education 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.2 in 2021

360 from 373 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
86%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.librariesunlimited.org.uk
Emailinfo@librariesunlimited.org.uk
Phone01884 824546
AddressLibraries Unlimited, Exeter Library, Castle Street, EXETER, EX4 3PQ

Finances

£9,415,501 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,535,000£7,186,000
2022£8,900,000£8,299,000
2023£8,502,619£9,002,652
2024£9,542,154£9,462,065
2025£9,415,501£9,668,874

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:1)PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY AND/OR LIBRARY SERVICE; AND/OR2)WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE, ESTABLISH AND/OR MAINTAIN A LIBRARY AND/OR LIBRARY SERVICE IN AND THROUGHOUT DEVON, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RURAL COMMUNITIES AND WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND/OR3)PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES REFERRED TO AS “COMMUNITY HUBS” TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LEARNING, READING, SHARING AND/OR FOR OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND/OR RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR ALL THOSE WHO USE THE FACILITIES; AND/OR4)PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE ARTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND/OR ART GALLERY; AND/OR5)DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND/OR6)PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SHALL DETERMINE (TOGETHER THE “OBJECTS”).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 OCT 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 NOV 2016 as amended on 21 May 2020 as amended on 20 Oct 2020 as amended on 19 Oct 2023 as amended on 22 Oct 2025

Trustees (13)

13trustees
45median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Libraries Unlimited South West · 09822597 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/10/2015

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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