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Preston Community Library

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £28k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Brent
Website
prestoncommunitylibrary.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Preston Community Library
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£28k£10k
  • 2024£11k£8k
  • 2023£8k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£19k£11k
  • 2021£43k£7k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 96%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RUNNING AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE RUNNING OF A LIBRARY.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Grants received

1 grant · £4,748 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,748

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £4,7482020-11-19
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.

5 trustees on the board

9y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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 3Health and social care 1Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£28k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1148971
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/08/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/08/2012
Companies House
Company number 07776923 · Active
Contact on the register
02089085700 · prestoncommunitylibrary@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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