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Activities & Mission

The advancement of education, learning and knowledge by the provision and maintenance in London of a library embracing the arts and humanities

Fundraising

See where The London Library is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

Financial Information

Latest Income
£4,845,182
Latest Expenditure
£5,236,178

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 93.2%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 86.2%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 17.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,435,321
Charitable Activities £2,913,379
Other Trading £202,222
Investments £294,260
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £4,514,481
Raising Funds £721,697
Governance £214,257
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£4,845,182£5,236,178£4,514,481£31,835,235£2,273,32668 / 1
2023£6,036,359£4,633,958£3,927,528£31,714,958£2,544,61373 / 1
2022£4,044,162£4,766,520£3,994,429£31,054,184£2,149,93973 / 1
2021£4,895,108£4,231,323£3,533,489£30,426,883£23,113,97365 / 2
2020£3,884,421£4,192,377£3,250,707£28,017,933£2,974,68265 / 2

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
THE LONDON LIBRARY
14 ST. JAMES'S SQUARE
LONDON
SW1Y 4LG
Registration Date
8 October 1968
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
312175
Charity Number
312175

Trustees

Daisy Goodwin
Alain Aubry
Yassmin Midhat Abdel-Magied
Stephen Edward Withnell
Dr Stephanie Hall
Patrick Fleming
John Colenutt
PAUL AYLIEFF
Neil Christie
Simon Godwin
Simon King
Paul Gismondi
Charles Spicer
Steven Whitaker
Anni Domingo

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