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Swarthmoor Reading Room Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Recreation
Where
Cumbria
Registered
2023

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£0

Income trend, 2024 to 2025.

Charitable objects

IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS AND TO AND FOR THE INTENT AND PURPOSE THAT THE SAID PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND AND THE BUILDING OR BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED THEREON MAY FOR EVER HEREAFTER BE MADE USE OF AND APPROPRIATED AS AND FOR A WORKING MEN’S CLUB AND READING ROOM AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION AND DIVINE WORSHIP TO BE CONDUCTED UPON THE PRINCIPLES AND IN UNION WITH THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND.

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.

3 trustees on the board

13.3y median 3y
average tenure
34y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (3)

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 2Recreation 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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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Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1205787
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONVEYANCE DATED 14 SEP 1882AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 10 DEC 1883
Contact on the register
01229462905 · johnsherwen@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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