Registered charity · Huyton, Liverpool
Libraries Connected
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Libraries Connected. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Benjamin John HoldenChair · since 2023
- Chris Alan ButcherTrustee · since 2026
- Diana Jane EdmondsTrustee · since 2023
- James Raymond PearsonTrustee · since 2026
- Kulvinder Kelly Saini BadwalTrustee · since 2024
- Lisa Jayne OllerheadTrustee · since 2026
- Michael Edwin LewisTrustee · since 2026
- Natalie Kate HighwoodTrustee · since 2026
- Paraic John MckennaTrustee · since 2023
- Peter Wiilliam GawTrustee · since 2023
- Russell Martin AllenTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah Jane GarbaczTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey and more
- Website
- www.librariesconnected.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Libraries Connected
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.7m£2.7m
- 2024£1.9m£2.2m
- 2023£2.3m£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.2m
- 2021£1.6m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (WHICH ARE EITHER PUBLIC OR FROM WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BENEFIT) AND TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SHALL DETERMINE.
Grants received
17 grants · £5,486,683 total360Giving 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 · £5,241,183 (16 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £245,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Benjamin John Holden Chair since 2023
- Chris Alan Butcher since 2026
- Diana Jane Edmonds since 2023
- James Raymond Pearson since 2026
- Kulvinder Kelly Saini Badwal since 2024
- Lisa Jayne Ollerhead since 2026
- Michael Edwin Lewis since 2026
- Natalie Kate Highwood since 2026
- Paraic John Mckenna since 2023
- Peter Wiilliam Gaw since 2023
- Russell Martin Allen since 2024
- Sarah Jane Garbacz since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Benjamin John Holden Chair since 2023
- Chris Alan Butcher since 2026
- James Raymond Pearson since 2026
- Kulvinder Kelly Saini Badwal since 2024
- Lisa Jayne Ollerhead since 2026
- Natalie Kate Highwood since 2026
- Paraic John Mckenna since 2023
- Peter Wiilliam Gaw since 2023
- Russell Martin Allen since 2024
- Sarah Jane Garbacz since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Diana Jane Edmonds since 2023
- Michael Edwin Lewis since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1176482
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 NOV 2017 as amended on 21 Feb 2019 as amended on 11 Dec 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 07559747 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02033702306 · info@librariesconnected.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data