Registered charity · Cambridge
Grove Books Limited
Grove Books Limited is a registered charity (number 327014) based in Cambridge, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Rev Alexandra Jodie Joseph since 2022. Latest income £91k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £91k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Rev Alexandra Jodie JosephChair · since 2022
- Bertram Trevor LloydTrustee
- Derek Michael TalbotTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Benjamin Andrew BradyTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Dr IAN Geoffrey SilkTrustee · since 2011
- Rev Mark Peter Charles CollinsonTrustee
- Rev Michael John SimmondsTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Neil James Blandford-BakerTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.grovebooks.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Grove Books Limited
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£91k£104k
- 2024£95k£107k
- 2023£113k£108k
Earlier years
- 2022£93k£104k
- 2021£98k£99k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY ALL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BUT PRINCIPALLY BY THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE WRITTEN WORD.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Rev Alexandra Jodie Joseph Chair since 2022
- Bertram Trevor Lloyd
- Derek Michael Talbot since 2026
- Rev Benjamin Andrew Brady since 2023
- Rev Dr IAN Geoffrey Silk since 2011
- Rev Mark Peter Charles Collinson
- Rev Michael John Simmonds since 2023
- Rev Neil James Blandford-Baker
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Dr IAN Geoffrey Silk since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
Portfolio (6)
- Rev Alexandra Jodie Joseph Chair since 2022
- Derek Michael Talbot since 2026
- Rev Benjamin Andrew Brady since 2023
- Rev Dr IAN Geoffrey Silk since 2011
- Rev Michael John Simmonds since 2023
- Rev Neil James Blandford-Baker
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
- 327014
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 JUNE 1985
- Companies House
- Company number 01926963 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223464748 · sales@grovebooks.co.uk
- 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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