Harbury Village Library

Analysis

Harbury Village Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Harbury Village Library reported income of £33k and spending of £34k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £33k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 252%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Harbury Village Library sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% 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 The Light Dragoons Heritage Trust (Museum of the Light Dragoons) (£33k), Herne Bay Little Theatre (£33k) and Caerwedros Village Hall (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.