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Registered charity · Leeds

The Leeds Library

The Objects are: 10.1 the advancement of education, the diffusion of knowledge and the provision of suitable literature for persons particularly but not exclusively within the city of Leeds and the surrounding area by establishing and maintaining a...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £735k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Catherine Ruth Robbins, Pat Urry.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Leeds City
Website
www.theleedslibrary.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Leeds Library
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£735k£815k
  • 2024£933k£649k
  • 2023£538k£653k
Earlier years
  • 2022£908k£715k
  • 2021£480k£578k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The Objects are: 10.1 the advancement of education, the diffusion of knowledge and the provision of suitable literature for persons particularly but not exclusively within the city of Leeds and the surrounding area by establishing and maintaining a library to promote the study and knowledge of literature and all artistic and scientific subjects and by providing library facilities and research facilities; 10.2 to preserve for the benefit of the public the listed building known as Nos 16 to 20 Commercial Street, Leeds LS1 6AL being a place of historical and architectural interest, value and beauty; 10.3 To advance the education of the general public in all aspects of arts, culture and/or heritage.

Grants received

6 grants · £452,900 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £307,300 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £95,600 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,5002023-07-04
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002023-04-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,2002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £68,4002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,8002020-07-06
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

4y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3Disability 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 4Other services 3Tech and media 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£735k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.9 in 2021

10 from 15 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1114386
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 SEPTEMBER 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 MAR 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 MAY 2017 as amended on 25 Jun 2022 as amended on 01 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 05577905 · Active
Contact on the register
0113 2453071 · enquiries@theleedslibrary.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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