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Registered charity · London

The Bibliographical Society

  • 22 trustees
  • Income £202k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.bibsoc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£202k£187k
  • 2024£175k£145k
  • 2023£167k£155k
Earlier years
  • 2022£162k£136k
  • 2021£155k£139k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES AND IN PARTICULAR (A) TO PRINT AND PUBLISH WORKS CONCERNED WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHICH ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE COMMERCIALLY PROFITABLE. (B) TO MAINTAIN A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY, (C) TO HOLD MEETINGS AT WHICH PAPERS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED.

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.

5.7y median 4y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance
5
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 21Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Religious Activities 2General Charitable Purposes 1

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 4Other services 2Business services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£202k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
229524
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES OF 1956 AS AMENDED 17 OCTOBER 1967, 2 NOVEMBER 1967, 16 APRIL 1974, 17 OCTOBER 1978, 15 APRIL 1980, 21 OCTOBER 1980, 19 APRIL 1983, 16 APRIL 1985 AND 17TH OCTOBER 1995
Contact on the register
02076544828 · bibsoc@london.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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