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Scolma (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa)
Scolma (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) is a registered charity (number 325086) based in London, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Dr Marion Wallace. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as S C O L M A (Charity Commission)
- 14 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Marion WallaceChair
- Alison MetcalfeTrustee · since 2012
- Barbara SpinaTrustee
- Ben CarsonTrustee · since 2023
- Catherine SambrookTrustee · since 2018
- Dawn WrightTrustee
- DR Charles FongeTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth HainesTrustee · since 2022
- Jenni SkinnerTrustee · since 2017
- Lucy MccannTrustee
- Mariam de HaanTrustee · since 2022
- Patricia HewittTrustee · since 2016
- Sarah RhodesTrustee
- Terry BarringerTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- scolma.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1975
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£5k
- 2024£809£2k
- 2023£3k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£4k
- 2021£4k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
2.1 THE AIMS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE MATERIALS INCLUDING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES NEEDED FOR AFRICAN STUDIES AND TO ASSIST IN AND ADVISE ON THE PROVISION, RECORDING AND USE OF SUCH MATERIALS IN PUBLIC, SPECIAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Dr Marion Wallace Chair
- Alison Metcalfe since 2012
- Barbara Spina
- Ben Carson since 2023
- Catherine Sambrook since 2018
- Dawn Wright
- DR Charles Fonge since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth Haines since 2022
- Jenni Skinner since 2017
- Lucy Mccann
- Mariam de Haan since 2022
- Patricia Hewitt since 2016
- Sarah Rhodes
- Terry Barringer
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Metcalfe since 2012
- Catherine Sambrook since 2018
- DR Charles Fonge since 2018
- Jenni Skinner since 2017
- Patricia Hewitt since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Dr Marion Wallace Chair
- Alison Metcalfe since 2012
- Barbara Spina
- Ben Carson since 2023
- Catherine Sambrook since 2018
- Dawn Wright
- DR Charles Fonge since 2018
- Dr Elizabeth Haines since 2022
- Jenni Skinner since 2017
- Lucy Mccann
- Mariam de Haan since 2022
- Patricia Hewitt since 2016
- Sarah Rhodes
- Terry Barringer
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 325086
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/05/1975 AS AMENDED 05/1985, 01/06/1990, 25/6/2006 AND 26/06/2012 AS AMENDED ON 07 JAN 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01865285998 · enquiries@scolma.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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