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Registered charity · Somerset

The Reading Room Charity

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3k (2024)
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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, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Somerset
Website
www.wiveliscombe.com/consolidatedcharities (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3k£2k
  • 2023£3k£5k
  • 2022£11k£1k
Earlier years
  • 2021£3k£2k
  • 2020£2k£2k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

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.

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.

8.5y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

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

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£3k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
205513
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED THE 9TH JUNE, 1914.
Contact on the register
01984624409 · helena@helenatrump.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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