Registered charity (CIO) · Maldon
Thomas Plume's Library
- 11 trustees
- Income £43k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Cllr Andrew Mark LayChair · since 2022
- Clive Richard PotterTrustee · since 2018
- Katayoun ClaydonTrustee · since 2022
- Lady Sheena BerneyTrustee · since 2022
- Nicholas SpenceleyTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Heather Mary Ann AtkinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Rev John Franklin DickensTrustee · since 2018
- Sarah Elizabeth Dignasse BScTrustee · since 2019
- Stella ShiresTrustee · since 2022
- Susan Mary Swaffin-SmithTrustee · since 2019
- Tom BasterTrustee · since 2023
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
- Essex
- Website
- www.thomasplumeslibrary.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£43k£44k
- 2024£60k£53k
- 2023£36k£42k
Earlier years
- 2022£151k£60k
- 2021£97k£85k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, PICTURES, AND OTHER HISTORIC ARTEFACTS COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THOMAS PLUMEÆS LIBRARY, MALDON, ESSEX
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Cllr Andrew Mark Lay Chair since 2022
- Clive Richard Potter since 2018
- Katayoun Claydon since 2022
- Lady Sheena Berney since 2022
- Nicholas Spenceley since 2023
- Rev Heather Mary Ann Atkinson since 2024
- Rev John Franklin Dickens since 2018
- Sarah Elizabeth Dignasse BSc since 2019
- Stella Shires since 2022
- Susan Mary Swaffin-Smith since 2019
- Tom Baster since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Clive Richard Potter since 2018
- Rev John Franklin Dickens since 2018
- Sarah Elizabeth Dignasse BSc since 2019
- Susan Mary Swaffin-Smith since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Cllr Andrew Mark Lay Chair since 2022
- Katayoun Claydon since 2022
- Lady Sheena Berney since 2022
- Nicholas Spenceley since 2023
- Stella Shires since 2022
- Tom Baster since 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Clive Richard Potter since 2018
- Rev Heather Mary Ann Atkinson since 2024
- Rev John Franklin Dickens since 2018
- Sarah Elizabeth Dignasse BSc since 2019
- Susan Mary Swaffin-Smith since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179957
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Sep 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01621854850 · info@thomasplumeslibrary.co.uk
- 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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