The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Literary Institution, Sandbach

Registered charity 510666 Registered since 1980

Operates: Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

5 trustees on the board

9y median 10.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitehttps://www.sandbachliteraryinstitute.org.uk/
Emailmark.finucane@live.co.uk
Phone07597047818
AddressThe Sandbach Literary Institution, Hightown, SANDBACH, Cheshire, CW11 1AE

Finances

£10,999 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£19,921£11,510
2022£3,744£23,695
2023£11,482£10,303
2024£12,888£8,807
2025£10,999£10,394

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

IS THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC BUILDING FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, ANDB) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION,WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.2) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR USE FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 11/12/2001AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 05/01/2015

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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