The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Plymouth Proprietary Library Association

Registered charity 1186243 CIO Registered since 2019

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.

8 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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 8

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£28k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.theppl.org.uk
Emailadmin@theppl.org.uk
Phone01752659907
AddressPlymouth Proprietary Library, St. Barnabas Terrace, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5NN

Finances

£26,309 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£17,074£17,364
2022£29,428£28,316
2023£35,433£36,315
2024£27,871£26,869
2025£26,309£26,631

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

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

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY FOR PROMOTING THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE AND ALL ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS WITH THE OBJECT OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH AND THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 08 Nov 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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