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Registered charity (CIO) · Pontefract

Ackworth Community Library

Ackworth Community Library is a registered charity (number 1152172) based in Pontefract, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £31k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as ACL (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £31k (2025)
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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
Where
City Of Wakefield
Website
ackworthcommunitylibrary.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£31k£26k
  • 2024£31k£20k
  • 2023£18k£30k
Earlier years
  • 2022£14k£15k
  • 2021£28k£17k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 50%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARISH OF ACKWORTH IN WEST YORKSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS, BY THE RUNNING AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID RESIDENTS2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF ACKWORTH AND ITS ENVIRONS 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

6 grants · £23,890 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.

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.7y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£31k 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
1152172
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED ONAMENDED ON 06 DEC 2017
Contact on the register
01977 625617 · info@ackworthcommunitylibrary.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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