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Registered charity · Bedfordshire

The Afnan Library Trust

The Afnan Library Trust is a registered charity (number 291949) based in Bedfordshire, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £34k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £34k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.afnanlibrary.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34k£32k
  • 2024£26k£26k
  • 2023£226k£20k
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£18k
  • 2021£17k£19k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

7 trustees on the board

4.8y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
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

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
291949
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 23/05/1985AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 19/05/2015
Contact on the register
07763363594 · admin@afnanlibrary.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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