Charity Status and Constitution

South Chingford Community Library is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The registration number is 1153772.

The SCCL constitution was amended at the Annual General Meeting on 13th May 2015. The new constitution may be downloaded here.

The chair's annual report from the June 2023 AGM may be downloaded here.

Sylvia Quinn stepped down as a Trustee on 10th November 2021, since then, the board of Trustees is:

Richard Ashen (chair)
Greg Pope (secretary)
Roy Sutcliffe (shadow to chair, to deputise for Richard in his absence)
Narinder Matharoo
Luke Kelly

Unfortunately, Barbara Peck had to step down as a Trustee for family reasons on 9th June 2021, and Richard Ashen stepped up as Acting Chair until the next Trustees' Meeting.

At the 16th July 2021 Trustees' Meeting, the board was reconstituted as follows:

Richard Ashen (chair)
Greg Pope (secretary)
Sylvia Quinn (treasurer)
Roy Sutcliffe (shadow to chair, to deputise for Richard in his absence)
Narinder Matharoo
Luke Kelly

Following the Trustee Meeting on Monday 11th June 2018, the board was extended as follows:

Barbara Peck (chair)
Greg Pope (secretary)
Stuart Manning (treasurer)
Narinder Matharoo
Marilyn Reynolds
Mike Murphy
Richard Ashen (shadow to chair, to deputise for Barbara in her absence)

The AGM of 24th May 2018 elected the following board of Trustees:

Greg Pope (secretary)
Stuart Manning (treasurer)
Narinder Matharoo
Barbara Peck
Marilyn Reynolds
Richard Ashen

After the 30th January 2018 Trustees Meeting, the board of Trustees is:

Greg Pope (secretary, and acting chair until the 2018 AGM)

Stuart Manning (treasurer)
Eva Vidal
Narinder Matharoo
Richard Ashen
Following the Trustees Meeting of 24th August 2015, the Board has been re-organised as follows:

Roy Sutcliffe (chair)
Greg Pope (secretary)
Stuart Manning (treasurer)
Susan Brown
Narinder Matharoo
Jean Cobb
Richard Ashen
Caroline Wilson 

The  Board of Trustees from 23 May 2015 is:

Susan Brown (chair)
Greg Pope (secretary)
Stuart Manning (treasurer)
Narinder Matharoo
Jean Cobb
Richard Ashen
Roy Sutcliffe (co-opted 2015)
Caroline Wilson (co-opted 2015)

The history of the membership of the Board of Trustees appears below:

The  Board of Trustees for the year  beginning 7th May 2014 was: 

Susan Brown
Narinder Matharoo
Stuart Manning
Greg Pope
Jean Cobb
Debbie Baldwin
Earnest Afriyie
Peter Illes
Richard Ashen

following one resignation and two disqualifications, the Board of Trustees became:

Susan Brown
Narinder Matharoo
Stuart Manning
Greg Pope
Jean Cobb
Richard Ashen

In accordance with the constitution,  two trustees, Narinder Matharoo and Richard Ashen, stood for re-election at the 13th May 2015 Annual General Meeting, and were duly re-elected.

At the Trustees meeting on 15th June 2015, Roy Sutcliffe was co-opted to the Board as a new trustee.