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Registered charity · Dolgellau

Dolgellau Institute (Known Locally AS the Free Library)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £34k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Gwynedd
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34k£44k
  • 2024£33k£16k
  • 2023£27k£22k
Earlier years
  • 2022£108k£150k
  • 2021£61k£63k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 86%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INSTITUTE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF DOLGELLAU AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETING, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHBITANTS.

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.

9 trustees on the board

9.6y median 11y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 9Economic/community Development/employment 7Amateur Sport 5Recreation 2Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

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

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£34k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
514712
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 14 NOVEMBER 1983 AS AFFECTED BY S16 ORDER DATED 29 JUNE 1999
Contact on the register
01341421071 · rhys.r.williams@talk21.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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