Registered charity · West Sussex
Tarring Reading Room Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £23k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Education/training
- Where
- West Sussex
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£23k£20k
- 2023£23k£7k
- 2022£16k£17k
Earlier years
- 2021£20k£7k
- 2020£16k£9k
Charitable objects
THE MAINTENANCE OF AN INSTITUTION TO BE USED AS A READING ROOM FOR THE RESORT DURING THEIR LEISURE HOURS OF MEN AND YOUTHS OCCUPIED AS MECHANICS, ARTISANS OR LABOURERS OR OTHERWISE IN AGRICULTURE, TRADE OR BUSINESS IN THE VILLAGE OR ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Andrew Gilham Chair since 2015
- Alan Jeffrey Birch since 2020
- Christine Edgeler since 2015
- Graham Eldred Hill since 2024
- IAN Homan LAY
- Michael Harbut since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Gilham Chair since 2015
- Alan Jeffrey Birch since 2020
- Christine Edgeler since 2015
- Michael Harbut since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Andrew Gilham Chair since 2015
- Christine Edgeler since 2015
- IAN Homan LAY
- Michael Harbut since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Alan Jeffrey Birch since 2020
- Graham Eldred Hill since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 207529
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INDENTURE 15.4.1891 IN U.V. 101 PP. 328.
- Contact on the register
- 01903 202522
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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