The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Society of College, National and University Libraries

Registered charity 278550 Registered since 1979

Operates: Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

16
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 17

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 16Property 2Arts and leisure 1

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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£732k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.4 in 2020

6 from 5 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.sconul.ac.uk/
Emailsconul@sconul.ac.uk
Phone02073870317
Address94 Euston Street, London, NW1 2HA

Finances

£732,403 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£488,246£479,214
2021£483,807£466,375
2022£503,469£498,819
2023£662,765£601,250
2024£732,403£698,659

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

GENERALLY TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL STANDARDS OF NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JULY 1979 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 MARCH 1985, 25 APRIL 1994, 20 APRIL 2001, 10 APRIL 2002 AND 6 APRIL 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2015

Trustees (17)

17trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Society of College, National and University Libraries · 01436951 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/07/1979

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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