Registered charity · Birmingham
The Friends of Coleridge
The Friends of Coleridge is a registered charity (number 295285) based in Birmingham, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Professor Gregory Leadbetter. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
1. To advance the education of the public in the works and life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his circle, and in the places associated with them. 2. Where the funds of the Society are not otherwise required, to support the National Trust in...
- 12 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Professor Gregory LeadbetterChair
- David RixTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Diana Marguerite BarshamTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Helen Margaret BoylesTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Jeffrey BarbeauTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Joanna Elizabeth TaylorTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Thomas Jonathan Eadie DuggettTrustee · since 2023
- Graham DavidsonTrustee
- Justin ShepherdTrustee
- Peter Ronald HoyeTrustee · since 2025
- Prof Timothy John FulfordTrustee · since 2022
- Robin WhittakerTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.friendsofcoleridge.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£10k
- 2024£16k£21k
- 2023£5k£8k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£24k
- 2021£6k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. To advance the education of the public in the works and life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his circle, and in the places associated with them. 2. Where the funds of the Society are not otherwise required, to support the National Trust in preserving or extending Coleridge Cottage.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Professor Gregory Leadbetter Chair
- David Rix since 2014
- Dr Diana Marguerite Barsham since 2023
- Dr Helen Margaret Boyles since 2021
- Dr Jeffrey Barbeau since 2019
- Dr Joanna Elizabeth Taylor since 2023
- Dr Thomas Jonathan Eadie Duggett since 2023
- Graham Davidson
- Justin Shepherd
- Peter Ronald Hoye since 2025
- Prof Timothy John Fulford since 2022
- Robin Whittaker since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- David Rix since 2014
- Dr Jeffrey Barbeau since 2019
- Robin Whittaker since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- David Rix since 2014
- Dr Diana Marguerite Barsham since 2023
- Dr Helen Margaret Boyles since 2021
- Dr Jeffrey Barbeau since 2019
- Dr Joanna Elizabeth Taylor since 2023
- Dr Thomas Jonathan Eadie Duggett since 2023
- Graham Davidson
- Justin Shepherd
- Peter Ronald Hoye since 2025
- Prof Timothy John Fulford since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Professor Gregory Leadbetter Chair
- Robin Whittaker since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 295285
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 6TH SEPTEMBER 1986 AS AMENDED 8 MARCH 2003 as amended on 26 Oct 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01213315369 · gregoryleadbetter@email.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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