The Reading Room Charity

Registered charity 205513 Registered since 1962

Operates: Somerset

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8.5y median 7y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.2y

average years in governance

1 vs 6 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 9Other Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

The Consolidated Charities of the Parish of Wiveliscombe 7 shared trustees
The Wiveliscombe Dispensary Trust 6 shared trustees
The Consolidated Educational Foundation 5 shared trustees
Wiveliscombe Town Band 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Consolidated Charities of the Parish of Wiveliscombe 7 shared trustees
The Wiveliscombe Dispensary Trust 6 shared trustees
The Consolidated Educational Foundation 5 shared trustees
Wiveliscombe Town Band 1 shared trustee
Rainhill Women's Institute Similar size; both Other purposes
Friends of Swinderby School Similar size; both Other purposes

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://www.wiveliscombe.com/consolidatedcharities
Email	helena@helenatrump.co.uk
Phone	01984624409
Address	Farriers, Langley Cross, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2UQ

Finances

£2,580 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,493	£1,800
2021	£2,537	£1,650
2022	£11,339	£1,100
2023	£2,544	£5,423
2024	£2,580	£2,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF A READING ROOM; IN THE EVENT OF THERE BEING AT ANY TIME NO SUCH ROOM, THE INCOME TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF LECTURES ON LITERARY SUBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED THE 9TH JUNE, 1914.

Trustees (9)

9trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

The Consolidated Charities of the Parish of Wiveliscombe 7 shared trustees
The Wiveliscombe Dispensary Trust 6 shared trustees
The Consolidated Educational Foundation 5 shared trustees
Wiveliscombe Town Band 1 shared trustee

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