# THE FRIENDS OF COLERIDGE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 295285
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF COLERIDGE IN SOMERSET
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 1, 1986
- **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=295285


## Contact

- **Address:** 171 SHAWHURST LANE, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B47 5JR
- **Phone:** 01213315369
- **Email:** gregoryleadbetter@email.com
- **Website:** www.friendsofcoleridge.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. To advance the education of the public in the works and life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his circle, and in the places associated with them. 2. Where the funds of the Society are not otherwise required, to support the National Trust in preserving or extending Coleridge Cottage.

**Activities:** Advancing knowledge about the life, work and times of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his circle, and in the places associated with them; and supporting Coleridge Cottage in Nether Stowey as a centre of Coleridge interest, in co-operation with the National Trust.

**Area of benefit:** SOMERSET




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £15718 | £20845 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5481 | £7779 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £21395 | £23701 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £5903 | £8015 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £5069 | £2017 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Professor Gregory Leadbetter** (Chair)
- David Rix — appointed March 15, 2014
- Dr Diana Marguerite Barsham — appointed March 18, 2023
- Dr Helen Margaret Boyles — appointed Oct. 23, 2021
- Dr Jeffrey Barbeau — appointed March 23, 2019
- Dr Joanna Elizabeth Taylor — appointed March 18, 2023
- Dr Thomas Jonathan Eadie Duggett — appointed March 18, 2023
- GRAHAM DAVIDSON
- JUSTIN SHEPHERD
- Peter Ronald Hoye — appointed Jan. 15, 2025
- Prof Timothy John Fulford — appointed Oct. 15, 2022
- ROBIN WHITTAKER — appointed March 15, 2015