Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -5
Pension deficit: -5
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

CILIP works for the benefit of the public to promote education and knowledge through the establishment and development of libraries and information services and to advance information science (being the science and practice of the collection, collation, evaluation and organized dissemination of information)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £21,995,212 available, equivalent to 62 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
There is a pension deficit of £4,450,000
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	*	£3,849	£4,291	£-442	£274	£22,710	£21,995	61.5	47	1,000
31/12/21		£4,033	£3,870	£162	£0	£23,940	£23,154	71.8	47	500
31/12/20		£3,946	£3,927	£20	£267	£16,808	£15,858	48.5	41	280
31/12/19		£3,919	£4,094	£-175	£265	£17,325	£16,576	48.6	43	216
31/12/18		£4,179	£5,181	£-1,002	£252	£26,998	£26,393	61.1	48	300
31/12/17		£4,458	£4,844	£-386	£233	£27,566	£26,912	66.7	52	0
31/12/16		£4,738	£5,208	£-470	£226	£18,467	£17,827	41.1	49	0
31/12/15		£4,563	£4,836	£-273	£247	£19,927	£19,285	47.9	47	0
31/12/14		£4,714	£4,980	£-265	£284	£10,196	£9,535	23	44	0
31/12/13		£4,723	£5,398	£-675	£615	£9,705	£9,029	20.1	43	0
31/12/12		£4,812	£4,874	£-63	£280	£8,155	£7,520	18.5	41	0
31/12/11		£5,066	£5,757	£-691	£320	£10,725	£10,152	21.2	45	0
31/12/10		£5,847	£6,937	£-1,090	£345	£7,403	£6,723	11.6	71	0
31/12/09		£6,610	£7,762	£-1,152	£401	£8,343	£7,553	11.7	78	0
31/12/08		£7,393	£7,295	£98	£400	£12,570	£11,792	19.4	83	0
31/12/07		£7,564	£7,474	£90	£381	£14,414	£13,481	21.6	77	0
31/12/06		£7,238	£7,340	£-102	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£7,616	£8,352	£-736	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£7,625	£7,468	£157	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 61.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 60 years

www.cilip.org.uk

duncan.anthony@cilip.org.uk

02045132831

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Professional associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

47 employees
1,000 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£25,000	11/07/2022	to commission new research on the state of primary and secondary school library provision in the UK post-COVID, drawing on the baseline data funded by the Foyle Foundation in 2019 (awarded grant in ....more to commission new research on the state of primary and secondary school library provision in the UK post-COVID, drawing on the baseline data funded by the Foyle Foundation in 2019 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/14 persons

CORIN PEACOCK Appointed: 2024

ALISON ROSEMARY WHEELER Appointed: 2017

ALISON BRETTLE PROFESSOR Appointed: 2021

ANDREW JOHN DUNCAN PREATER Appointed: 2024

ANNA CORNELIA ANDERSSON Appointed: 2024

BINNI BRYNOLF Appointed: 2020

DR HELEN MARY WORKMAN PHD MCLIP Appointed: 2020

ELIZABETH CLARE JOLLY Appointed: 2021

KATE ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2024

SIMON BURTON Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN JAMES PHILLIPS Appointed: 2021

SURASH PATEL Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: BINTI INTERNATIONAL,

JONATHAN WATERFIELD Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: CHARIFAITH COMMON INVESTMENT FUND,

SUSAN GAIL BALL Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: ASSOCIATION OF SENIOR CHILDREN'S AND EDUCATION LIBRARIANS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/05/1964, number: 313014
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000780

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 63 days late,

Main office

Room 150, British Library
96 Euston Road
LONDON
NW1 2DB

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND TO ADVANCE INFORMATION SCIENCE (BEING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF THE COLLECTION, COLLATION, EVALUATION AND ORGANISED DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION)

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN

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