The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Friends of the Bodleian

Registered charity 280573 Registered since 1980

Operates: Oxfordshire

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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

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

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.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3

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 3Education 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£5k latest income

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

Websitewww.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/friends
Emailfob@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Phone01865277234
AddressFRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN, BODLEIAN LIBRARY, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3BG

Finances

£5,036 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£32,449£49,837
2022£28,333£25,732
2023£20,452£11,477
2024£3,355£10,809
2025£5,036£5,036

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JUNE 1945 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED ON 24 JUNE 1980

Trustees (3)

3trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Friends of the Bodleian · 00395989 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 07/06/1945

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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