The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The London Library

Registered charity 312175 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

15 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

4
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 15Education/training 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Professional services 7Finance 5Manufacturing 4

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£6.3m 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.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 65.6 in 2021

73 from 65 in 2021
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.londonlibrary.co.uk
Emailreception@londonlibrary.co.uk
Phone02077664713
AddressTHE LONDON LIBRARY, 14 ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, SW1Y 4LG

Finances

£6,272,245 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,895,108£4,231,323
2022£4,044,162£4,766,520
2023£6,036,359£4,633,958
2024£4,845,182£5,236,178
2025£6,272,245£5,793,033

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITABLE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE LIBRARY IS ESTABLISHED IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE IN LONDON OF A LIBRARY EMBRACING THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES FOR ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO MAKE A BONA FIDE USE THEREOF FOR THE SAID CHARITABLE OBJECT SUBJECT ONLY TO THE PAYMENT OF SUCH SUMS (IF ANY) BY WAY OF FEES AND OTHER CHARGES AS ARE NECESSARY TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSE OF THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 6 JULY 2004

Trustees (15)

15trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

London Library · RC000325 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (11)

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