Friends of Flackwell Heath Library

Analysis

Friends of Flackwell Heath Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends of Flackwell Heath Library reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,030 to £11k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 170% 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 Flackwell Heath Library sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishopstone Village Hall (£11k), Twyford Village Hall (Leicestershire) (£11k) and Radio Redhill (£11k).

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.