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Registered charity (CIO) · Plymouth

South Western Regional Library Services CIO

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £29k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Guernsey, Jersey, Cornwall, Devon and more
Website
www.swrls.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£29k£38k
  • 2024£53k£46k
  • 2023£52k£46k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£27k
  • 2021£42k£28k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 67%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) PROMOTING CROSS SECTOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN MEMBERS.(B) PROMOTING ACCESS TO LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE.(C) PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTERLENDING OF MATERIALS.(D) ADVANCING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKFORCE AND THEIRSTAKEHOLDERS.(E) FACILITATING A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK TO SHARE BEST PRACTICE ANDEXCELLENCE.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LITERATURE, KNOWLEDGE AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING:(A) ACCESS TO SPECIALIST RESOURCES.(B) CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS.(C) ACCESS TO DATA AND INFORMATION.

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

5.6y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
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 9Education/training 9

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 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£29k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1176414
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Dec 2017 as amended on 09 Jun 2020 as amended on 26 Nov 2020
Contact on the register
07590218156 · coordinator@swrls.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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