Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Excess reserves: -5
Income diversified: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Future income +5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 24

THE LEEDS LIBRARY

The maintenance, development and making available of an historic subscription library. The preservation and making available of an historic library building.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
Income generation is well diversified
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £7,173,131 available, equivalent to 120 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
31/12/22		£908	£715	£193	£0	£7,227	£7,173	120.4	15	27
31/12/21	*	£480	£578	£-98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20		£287	£476	£-189	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/19	*	£424	£481	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/12/18		£565	£495	£70	£0	£7,126	£7,126	172.8	10	30
31/12/17		£407	£430	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£448	£454	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£415	£424	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£378	£376	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£372	£439	£-67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£354	£402	£-48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£323	£422	£-99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£250	£353	£-103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£328	£365	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£7,439	£187	£7,253	£23	£7,128	£7,127	458.2	9	0
31/12/07		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/06		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 131%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 120.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 18 years

www.theleedslibrary.org.uk

enquiries@theleedslibrary.org.uk

0113 2453071

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

15 employees
27 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

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£299,300
Wolfson Foundation	£100,000
DCMS	£95,600
The Foyle Foundation	£60,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Leeds Library
£249,500	04/07/2023	The Leeds Library: The Next Chapter Project
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£60,000	28/04/2023	to support the Next Chapter capital project to make the Library accessible to everybody
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Leeds Library
£100,000	07/12/2022	Redevelopment of neighbouring building to extend library
DCMS - CRF21: The Leeds Library
£27,200	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: The Leeds Library
£68,400	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Leeds Library
£49,800	14/07/2020	COVID19: The Leeds Library

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-78

LAURRA DAVIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Creative Director

MOADE FAWZI SHUBITA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Academic And Director Of Doctoral Programme

ANNIE FAULDER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

CATHERINE RUTH ROBBINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor Of English Literature

EDMUND DANON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Classical Musician

JANET DOROTHY DOMINEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PATRICIA ANN URRY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant (Retired)

SUSANNAH ELIZABETH RUMSBY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Printmaking Instructor

PHILIP ANDREW WALKER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Project Manager

PAUL CHARLES ELLIS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: ROUNDHAY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROJECT, LEEDS AREA QUAKER MEETING,

CHRISTINE ANN STEAD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE HUDDERSFIELD MUSIC SOCIETY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/05/2006, number: 1114386
Registered at Companies House on 29/09/2005, number: 05577905

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR19: 17 days late,

Main office

THE LEEDS LIBRARY
18 COMMERCIAL STREET
LEEDS
LS1 6AL

Objectives

The Objects are: 10.1 the advancement of education, the diffusion of knowledge and the provision of suitable literature for persons particularly but not exclusively within the city of Leeds and the surrounding area by establishing and maintaining a library to promote the study and knowledge of literature and all artistic and scientific subjects and by providing library facilities and research facilities; 10.2 to preserve for the benefit of the public the listed building known as Nos 16 to 20 Commercial Street, Leeds LS1 6AL being a place of historical and architectural interest, value and beauty; 10.3 To advance the education of the general public in all aspects of arts, culture and/or heritage.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF LEEDS

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