The Friends of Coleridge
Registered charity 295285 Registered since 1986
Operates: Somerset
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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
5.4y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- David Rix since 2014
- Dr Jeffrey Barbeau since 2019
- Robin Whittaker since 2015
5.5y
average years in governance
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
1
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 12Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 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.
Education 2
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.
incomespending£16k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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
- Friends of Worcestershire Archives 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of Pershore Abbey CIO 1 shared trustee
- Writing West Midlands LTD 1 shared trustee
- Worcestershire Historical Society 1 shared trustee
- Worcestershire Archaeological Society 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- SIR John Hicks Foundation Similar size; both Arts and culture
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.friendsofcoleridge.com |
| gregoryleadbetter@email.com | |
| Phone | 01213315369 |
| Address | 171 SHAWHURST LANE, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B47 5JR |
Finances
£15,718 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £5,069 | £2,017 |
| 2021 | £5,903 | £8,015 |
| 2022 | £21,395 | £23,701 |
| 2023 | £5,481 | £7,779 |
| 2024 | £15,718 | £20,845 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable 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.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 6TH SEPTEMBER 1986 AS AMENDED 8 MARCH 2003 as amended on 26 Oct 2019
Trustees (12)
12trustees
51median age
0aged 70+
- Professor Gregory Leadbetterage band 50-54 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
Connected charities (5)
- Friends of Worcestershire Archives 1 shared trustee
- Worcestershire Archaeological Society 1 shared trustee
- Writing West Midlands LTD 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of Pershore Abbey CIO 1 shared trustee
- Worcestershire Historical Society 1 shared trustee
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