Registered charity · Reigate
Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for A Library
Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for A Library is a registered charity (number 237990) based in Reigate, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Hilary ELY. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as The Cranston Library (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
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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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- cranstonlibraryreigate.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£2k
- 2024£4k£6k
- 2023£7k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£6k
- 2021£3k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE INHABITANTS INCOME TO BE APPLIED IN REPAIRING AND CLEANING THE BOOKS, BOOKSHELVES AND BOOKCASES BELONGING TO THE CHARITY AND IN KEEPING THE SAME INSURED AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Hilary ELY Chair
- Andrew Robert Brian Sandford since 2025
- Dr Keith Manley
- Dr Robyn Adams-Vickery since 2025
- MRS A Thomas
- MRS Dinah Harris
- Rev Richard Wilson since 2018
- Sean Maxwell Hawkins
- Susan Margaret Mewhort since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Richard Wilson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Hilary ELY Chair
- Andrew Robert Brian Sandford since 2025
- Dr Keith Manley
- Dr Robyn Adams-Vickery since 2025
- MRS A Thomas
- MRS Dinah Harris
- Susan Margaret Mewhort since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Richard Wilson since 2018
- Sean Maxwell Hawkins
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.
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
- 237990
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF GIFT OF 04/11/1708. SCHEME OF 31/03/1950
- Contact on the register
- 01737247464 · hilary.ely@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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