# LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT TRUST AND FRIENDS CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1214015
- **Other names:** THE FRIENDS OF LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 8, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1214015


## Contact

- **Address:** LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY, 15 LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 7JT
- **Phone:** 02078981266



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY ("THE LIBRARY"), IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY:3.1.1 SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE LIBRARY AS THE MAIN SPECIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE FOR MATERIAL ON THE HISTORY AND AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND AS AN INSTITUTION OF SCHOLARLY DISTINCTION AND INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY; AND3.1.2 PROVIDING GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY IN: THE ACQUISITION OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER ITEMS APPROPRIATE FOR THE LIBRARY; THE CONSERVATION, CATALOGUING AND DIGITISATION OF THE COLLECTION; SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH; EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PROMOTING THE WORK OF THE LIBRARY AND FUNDRAISING; AND TO HELP THE LIBRARY IN ANY OTHER SUITABLE WAY.

**Activities:** The charity gives grants to Lambeth Palace Library to support the Library in: the acquisition of printed books, manuscripts and other items appropriate for the Library; the conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the collections; scholarship and research; exhibitions, education and public engagement; and fundraising.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Lambeth




## Trustees

- **RICHARD ALAN LINENTHAL** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- DIARMAID NINIAN JOHN MACCULLOCH — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Dr Mark Stuart Byford — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- His Honour Peter Malcolm Wright — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Karen Ann Brookfield — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- PROFESSOR DAVID JOHN MCKITTERICK — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Rohan Bruce Harcourt Armes — appointed March 12, 2026