Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

LEARNING LIBRARY 

The Learning Library's main function is to loan out specialist resources and equipment to people of all ages who have additional needs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 34 years

www.learninglibrary.org.uk

INFO@LEARNINGLIBRARY.ORG.UK

01388420267

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£79£103£-24n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£91£96£-4n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£145£102£43n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£96£66£30n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£49£71£-22n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£69£82£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£106£95£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£110£98£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£87£108£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£89£112£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£110£113£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£133£125£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£108£99£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£72£87£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£90£78£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£96£87£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£118£67£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£77£77£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£115£101£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£92£85£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£48,184
County Durham Community Foundation£14,817
National Lottery Community Fund£9,825
The Clothworkers Foundation£6,000
Co-Operative Group£1,907
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Always Learning
£4,877 22/03/2023
To support an outreach worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyone deserves a little help
£9,825 28/10/2022
The funding will be used to pay towards manager costs and to purchase mobile phones. This will enable the group to continue to deliver their outreach service which provides free loans of specialist ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Learning Library
£1,907 22/10/2022
We plan to create welcome packs for new members with additional needs containing sensory items/activity sets to encourage their development and also include details of local support services.
County Durham Community Foundation - Always Learning
£4,940 09/12/2021
Towards outreach worker salary.
County Durham Community Foundation - Carry on Regardless
£5,000 06/11/2020
To support Carry on Regardless project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£48,184 11/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Learning Library
£6,000 13/12/2019
purchase of sensory equipment for a charity which works with children with disabilities in Durham
County Durham Community Foundation - Keep on Going
£4,980 06/03/2019
To support the Keep on Going project.
True Colours Trust - towards the cost of specialist/sensory equipment
£5,000 04/07/2018
towards the cost of specialist/sensory equipment
County Durham Community Foundation - Reaching out to the Community
£4,950 26/10/2017
Towards reaching out to the community.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Learning Library
£70,656 09/02/2017
36
This project will deliver a free loans service of toys and specialist equipment for children and young people with disabilities across Durham. Outreach will take place through home visits and sensory ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Running costs of the Learning Library Year 3
£17,300 01/04/2016
Towards Running costs of the Learning Library Year 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Running costs of the Learning Library Year 2
£16,900 01/04/2015
Towards Running costs of the Learning Library Year 2
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Learning Library
£50,800 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing the loan of toys and specialist equipment to people of all ages with learning disabilities in County Grant Durham
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Library North Durham
£129,964 05/03/2014
36
Project: This is a continuation of an existing project based in County Durham that aims to support adults and children with learning disabilities through provision of specialist equipment and toys ....more
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Learning Library (Durham)
£15,302 20/01/2012
Towards the salary of an outreach worker to support people with learning disabilities across Durham.
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Library North Durham
£130,248 08/09/2010
36
This project based in County Durham aims to support adults and children with learning disabilities through provision of specialist equipment and toys via an outreach loan service. The project offers ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/10/1990, number: 1000589
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE LEARNING LIBRARY
45-47 NORTH STREET
SPENNYMOOR
DL16 6AP

Objectives

THE RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF ALL LOCAL PEOPLE WITHIN COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF THERAPEUTIC SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL ADAPTED AND STIMULATING TOYS AND EQUIPMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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