Friends of Kensal Rise Library Limited

Analysis

Friends of Kensal Rise Library Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07566546). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Kensal Rise Library Limited reported income of £34k and spending of £70k, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £43k to £34k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Kensal Rise Library Limited sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beck Youth Theatre (1992) (£34k), Llangynidr Agricultural Show (£34k) and Whitchurch Association (£34k).