The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Afnan Library Trust

Registered charity 291949 Registered since 1985

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.8y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 7Religious Activities 7General Charitable Purposes 6Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Other services 5

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£34k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.afnanlibrary.org
Emailadmin@afnanlibrary.org
Phone07763363594
AddressThe Old Chapel, 14 Pleasant Place, SANDY, Bedfordshire, SG19 1HX

Finances

£33,564 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£17,404£18,687
2022£7,430£17,978
2023£226,113£19,817
2024£25,926£26,368
2025£33,564£32,048

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF THE BAHA'I FAITH IN PRESERVING AND DEVELOPING THE COLLECTION WHICH INCULDES BOOKS TABLETS DOCUMENTS MATERIAL FROM DIARIES AND LETTER BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND WHICH RELATE TO THE BAHA'I FAITH BRITISH EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES IN GENERAL AND TO COMPARATIVE RELIGION FORMED BY THE DECEASED IN HIS LIFE TIME AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY OF THE BAHA'I FAITH.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 23/05/1985AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 19/05/2015

Trustees (7)

7trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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