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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES 

Grants to promote the acquisition by national and regional libraries and archives of printed books, manuscripts and records of historical, literary, artistic, architectural, musical or such like interest and to assist the libraries in any other way which the Charity considers appropriate.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end


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Established: 61 years

www.fnl.org.uk

admin@fnlmail.org.uk

01491598083

Charity Commission for England and WalesX

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£1,979£1,427£552£63£5,748£2,32319.503
31/12/21£16,347£15,350£998£68£5,664£2,7672.202
31/12/20£1,222£758£464£40£4,303£0n/a01
31/12/19£638£652£-13£53£3,952£0n/a01
31/12/18£289£351£-62£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£356£270£87£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£1,324£203£1,121£12£3,708£0n/a00
31/12/15£803£789£14£25£2,364£0n/a00
31/12/14£260£246£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£180£231£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£199£185£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£112£121£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£135£117£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£89£109£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£164£173£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£144£212£-68£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£170£167£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£122£155£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£119£129£-10£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 19.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 8.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£250,000
The Berkeley Foundation£80,000
Rothschild Foundation£50,000
Foundation Scotland£750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000 20/05/2022
Bronte Manuscript
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Friends of the National Libraries
£50,000 14/04/2022
To acquire the Charlotte Bronte manuscript.
The Berkeley Foundation - Honresfield Library Campaign
£40,000 10/08/2021
A grant in support of the purchase of the Honresfield Library collection
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Friends of the National Libraries
£750 27/06/2021
From Anthony Davis, for the Honresfield Appeal.
The Berkeley Foundation - Change to Prince of Wales Fund
£40,000 05/02/2020
One-off grant supporting the charitable objectives of Friends of the National Libraries within London, Birmingham and the South East.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£256,000 13/12/2018
Saving the Whitehouse Ruskin Collection for the Nation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 15/17 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/1963, number: 313020
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO BOX 4291
Reading
Berkshire
RG8 9JA

Objectives

THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS AS GIFTS TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES.(THE EXPRESSION NATIONAL LIBRARIES IS UNDERSTOOD PRIMARILY TO MEAN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES OF SCOTLAND AND WALES; BUT THE SOCIETY WILL BE FREE, AS OCCASION ARISES, TO ASSIST ALSO UNIVERSITY, MUNICIPAL AND OTHER LIBRARIES TO SECURE PRINTED BOOKS OR MANUSCRIPTS WHICH HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST FOR THEM).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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