Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

HARLECH LIBRARY AND INSTITUTE 

Management of The old Library and Institute in Harlech and the promotion of activities that facilitate the use of the building for the benefit of the community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£22£23£-1n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/12/21£34£43£-9n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/12/20*£19£11£7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/18£17£9£8£0£0£0n/a047
31/12/17£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£8£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£4£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07?*£3£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£4£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£4£7£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

harlecholdlibrary@outlook.com

01766780648

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Gwynedd,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 32 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 Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Harlech Library and Institute
£7,400 08/06/2021
refurbishment and installation of wheelchair accessible toilet and doorway expansion for a charity supporting older people in Wales
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Harlech Library and Institute
£4,460 30/11/2020
3
Cataloguing a unique library collection in memory of Coleg Harlech
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Old Library and InstituteLOllanf
£5,182 19/11/2018
We want to respond to requests for IT training in our existing educational programme, especially amongst older members.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/01/1990, number: 702412
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR20: 142 days late, AR07: 195 days late,
Main office

Old Library & Institute
High Street
HARLECH
Gwynedd
LL46 2YB

Objectives

1. THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF HARLECH (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES,AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. 2. THE SAID LAND AND BUILDING SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL AS AFORESAID.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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