Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

FRIENDS OF KENSAL RISE LIBRARY LIMITED

The charitable object of the Friends of Kensal Rise Library is:To advance public education by running and/or assisting in the running of a library at Bathurst Gardens, Kensal Rise, London NW10 5JA, for the benefit of the residents of the London Borough of Brent.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£57	£36	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£35	£59	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£43	£37	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£52	£60	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£92	£48	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£108	£188	£-80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£105	£7	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£25	£11	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£18	£1	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£0	£8	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13?	*	£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/12		£11	£3	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.kensalriselibrary.org

adamcharlesgreen@gmail.com

02089607045

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Libraries

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Brent,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Power to Change - Friends of Kensal Rise Library Ltd (RCF)
£10,000	12/12/2022	Grant to Friends of Kensal Rise Library Ltd (RCF)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,160	29/09/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Power to Change - C-19 Response - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
£8,500	27/05/2020	Grant to C-19 Response - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep Kensal Community Library Manager
£10,000	08/08/2019 12	The project will use the funding to employ a community library manager, which will enable this user led organisation to continue in its provision of activities, events and volunteer support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kensal Rise Community Library Manager
£10,000	14/05/2018 12	The library is a former council facility, which was due to close and be sold to developers. The Friends have acquired the ground floor rent free and have been re-instating the space as a library and community hub. They wish to employ a Community ....more The library is a former council facility, which was due to close and be sold to developers. The Friends have acquired the ground floor rent free and have been re-instating the space as a library and community hub. They wish to employ a Community Library Manager who will co-ordinate operations including community activities, arts events, room hire, book acquisition and volunteer support.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	04/05/2017	The Refurbishment of Kensal Rise Library
Power to Change - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
£76,980	01/12/2016 36	Grant to The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
Power to Change - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
£76,980	30/11/2016	Funding towards refurbishment of the library as a community space and to fund a part-time manager, alongside business development support. This will help this community-rescued library to become more sustainable.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-81

ADAM CHARLES GREEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Compliance

CAROLE BUCK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JOHN PATRICK WALSH Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Barrister

JONATHAN BERTULIS-FERNANDEZ Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Policy Advisor

KYLE CLARK Appointed: 2014

MARK FISHER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

MARGARET BAILEY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Early Years Professional

MARIA BALINSKA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2011, number: 1141606
Registered at Companies House on 16/03/2011, number: 07566546

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR13: 14 days late,

Main office

Kensal Rise Library
Bathurst Gardens
LONDON
NW10 5JA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY RUNNING AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE RUNNING OF A LIBRARY AT BATHHURST GARDENS, KENSAL RISE, LONDON NW10 5JA, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRENT

Data Sources

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