THE FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY
![](/o/charity-details-web/images/success.png)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Grants to British Library
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 June 2023
People
![](/o/charity-details-web/images/people.png)
5 Trustee(s)
6 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- 14 February 1989: Standard registration
No other names
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
5 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dame Marina Sarah Warner | Trustee | 11 May 2020 |
|
|||||||
Dr Geoffrey Richard West | Trustee | 10 February 2020 |
|
|||||||
Rev NORMAN KEITH STEPHENSON | Trustee | 17 March 2014 |
|
|||||||
Stephanie Kenna Ms. | Trustee | 17 April 2012 |
|
|||||||
Dr Christopher John Wright OBE | Trustee |
|
Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 30/06/2019 | 30/06/2020 | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total gross income | £56.22k | £282.08k | £10.16k | £11.37k | £200.42k | |
|
Total expenditure | £649.36k | £233.82k | £77.96k | £2.73k | £202.62k | |
|
Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
|
Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
---|---|---|---|---|
Annual return | 30 June 2023 | 10 April 2024 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2023 | 10 April 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 June 2022 | 21 May 2023 | 21 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2022 | Not Required | ||
Annual return | 30 June 2021 | 25 September 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2021 | Not Required | ||
Annual return | 30 June 2020 | 07 March 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2020 | 07 March 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 June 2019 | 25 March 2020 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2019 | 25 March 2020 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 JANUARY 1989, AS AMENDED 24 JANUARY 2001, 23 JANUARY 2002, AND 27 JANUARY 2004, ORDER OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 15 JUNE 2005. AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19 MAR 2018
Charitable objects
THE EDUCATION OFTHE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED.
Contact information
- Address:
-
BRITISH LIBRARY
96 EUSTON ROAD
LONDON
NW1 2DB
- Phone:
- 02074127734
- Email:
- friends@bl.uk
- Website:
-
No information available
Tell us whether you accept cookies
We use cookies to collect information about how you use the Charity Commission Register of Charities and Digital Services, such as pages you visit.
We use this information to better understand how you use our website so that we can improve your user experience and present more relevant content.
Thank you for your feedback. Do you have 5 minutes to tell us what you think of this service?Open in new window