The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Swindon Community Library Trust CIO

Registered charity 1171371 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Swindon

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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.

3 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Economic/community Development/employment 3Education/training 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£36k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.swindonlibrarytrust.com
EmailDavid.M.Bell@BTinternet.com
Phone01793 433647
AddressLiden Library, Barrington Close, Liden, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6HF

Finances

£36,321 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,503£3,194
2022£22,805£22,349
2023£36,261£26,247
2024£27,517£20,814
2025£36,321£13,842

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LITERACY OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A LENDING LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. (2) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SWINDON AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING WHEN APPROPRIATE TOGETHER THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LITERACY, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (3) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Jan 2017

Trustees (3)

3trustees
71median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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