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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE FRIENDS OF KENNINGTON LIBRARY 

To provide financial support to and promote the services of Oxfordshire County Council Community Library's branch in Kennington, Oxford and to provide volunteers to assist library staff during opening hours . The charity holds regular free events for young children in the library and promotes readership more generally, including talks given by authors. It also arranges local fundraising events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£3,514£6,543£-3,0298
31/03/22£4,089£1,027£3,06210
31/03/21£2,966£273£2,69315
31/03/20£5,575£5,448£12710
31/03/19£6,472£5,033£1,43920
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.friendsofkenningtonlibrary.org.uk

chair@friendsofkenningtonlibrary.org.uk

01865434390

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/09/2018, number: 1179939
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 BAGLEY WOOD ROAD
KENNINGTON
OXFORD
OX1 5LY

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN KENNINGTON, OXFORD FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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