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Registered charity (CIO) · Eastbourne

OLD Town Community Library

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £5k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
East Sussex
Website
www.facebook.com/Old-Town-Community-Library-274679552934748/?ref=br_rs (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5k£7k
  • 2024£6k£7k
  • 2023£3k£7k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£7k
  • 2021£20k£5k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC AMENITY, NAMELY A PUBLIC LIBRARY SITUATED IN THE OLD TOWN AREA OF EASTBOURNE INCLUDING THE SURROUNDING AREA AND COMMUNITIES.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE OLD TOWN AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND COMMUNITIES THE PROVISION OF THE LIBRARY FOR LEARNING, RECREATION AND OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY PARTICULAR REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, 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 LIFE OF THE SAID RESIDENTS.ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANISATION WILL SEEK TO WORK WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

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.

7 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
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 7General Charitable Purposes 7Recreation 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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£5k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1181144
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Dec 2018
Contact on the register
01323649964 · oldtownlibrary@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 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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