The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Hope Cove Reading Room (Originally Known AS the Appleton Reading Room)

Registered charity 277183 Registered since 1979

Operates: Devon

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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.

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 3General Charitable Purposes 3Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 2Other services 2Professional 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailj.beavis@btinternet.com
Phone01548560968
AddressThe Coaching House, Hope Cove, KINGSBRIDGE, TQ7 3HY

Finances

£3,440 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,435£2,519
2022£5,417£1,795
2023£5,657£2,672
2024£6,152£2,208
2025£3,440£5,271

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PERMIT THE READING ROOM TO BE ENJOYED BY THE MEMBERS FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE CLUB AND SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 21 AUGUST 1926 AND RULES ADOPTED 1907

Trustees (4)

4trustees
75median age
2aged 70+

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