The Fitzhugh Library

Registered charity 700930 Registered since 1988

Operates: Durham

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

1.6y median 0y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.8y

average years in governance

4 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience

Business services 1Other services 1Property 1

Boards that share trustees

Middleton Plus Development Trust 1 shared trustee
Darlington and Teesdale Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
THE Village Bookshop 1 shared trustee
THE Cameron Relief IN Sickness Fund 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Middleton Plus Development Trust 1 shared trustee
THE Cameron Relief IN Sickness Fund 1 shared trustee
THE Village Bookshop 1 shared trustee
Darlington and Teesdale Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
Niton AND Whitwell Horticultural Society Similar size; both Environment
Greenford Women's Institute Similar size; both Environment

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Contact

Website	www.thefitzhughlibray.co.uk
Email	fitzhughlibrary@gmail.com
Phone	01833640074
Address	The Fitzhugh Library, 1st Floor, 51 Market Place, Middleton-In-Teesdale, BARNARD CASTLE, County Durham, DL12 0QH

Finances

£1,533 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£21,420	£3,389
2022	£1,982	£3,048
2023	£1,205	£4,025
2024	£1,084	£4,209
2025	£1,533	£3,649

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The objects of the Trust are to provide a library within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Romaldkirk or elsewhere in the County Palatine of Durham for the purposes of research by serious students of the local history of:(a) The geographical County Palatine of Durham as it was at 1835 and including Craykeshire, Bedlingtonshire, Norhamshire and Holy Island (Lindisfarne) with Islandshire and after 1847 the new County Durham boundaries as were then created, notwithstanding any subsequent boundary changes.(b) The geographical Ecclesiastical Parish of Romaldkirk as it was prior to 1845.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 8 NOVEMBER 1988 as amended on 21 Jan 2023 as amended on 14 Apr 2025 as amended on 13 Jan 2026

Trustees (6)

6trustees

68median age

0aged 70+

Andrea Marie Harris since 2026
Catherine Mary Maddison since 2026
Derek Guy Sims since 2018
IAN Roderick Tallentireage 68 since 2026
Margaret Adamson Heywood since 2026
Sarah Louise Whitehead

Connected charities (4)

Middleton Plus Development Trust 1 shared trustee
Darlington and Teesdale Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
THE Cameron Relief IN Sickness Fund 1 shared trustee
THE Village Bookshop 1 shared trustee

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