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Learning Library

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1000589SpennymoorDisability
Income£145k2025-03-31
Spending£123ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctDisability
Registered1990Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Learning Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Spennymoor. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Learning Library reported income of £145k and spending of £123k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £145k to £145k (-0.2%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Learning Library sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alsager Community Support (£145k), Herefordshire Association for the Blind (£145k) and Incorporated Church Institute, Upper Tooting (£145k).

Income and spending

£0£36k£73k£109k£145k2021 Income: £145,3662021 Spending: £102,06120212022 Income: £91,2642022 Spending: £95,68220222023 Income: £79,0202023 Spending: £102,97720232024 Income: £123,5362024 Spending: £113,39720242025 Income: £145,0522025 Spending: £122,7492025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Learning Library's main function is to loan out specialist resources and equipment to people of all ages who have additional needs.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Alsager Community SupportStoke-On-Trent£145k
Herefordshire Association for the BlindHereford£145k
Incorporated Church Institute, Upper TootingKent£145k
Pippa's GroupEast Sussex£145k