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Keats Community Library

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1146702LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£102k2025-12-31
Spending£75ksame year
Spent / received66%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2012Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Keats Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07889559). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Keats Community Library reported income of £102k and spending of £75k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £49k to £102k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Keats Community Library sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walford Mill Education Trust Limited (£102k), Piland Wood Community Association (£102k) and Friends of Brook Green (£102k).

Income and spending

£0£33k£67k£100k£134k2021 Income: £49,0412021 Spending: £22,06120212022 Income: £93,1312022 Spending: £58,02020222023 Income: £74,2252023 Spending: £66,34120232024 Income: £133,9832024 Spending: £75,20820242025 Income: £101,8792025 Spending: £75,2902025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Independent volunteer run Public Library serving Hampstead, Kentish Town, Belsize Park & other Communities. Funded by donations.Free access to collection of 20,000 books ( constantly updated) educational materials, quiet safe study area, public computers, computers classes.Many public events around literacy & the Arts. 5000 children's books & separate children's space with own activities

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Walford Mill Education Trust LimitedWimborne£102k
Piland Wood Community AssociationSouthampton£102k
Friends of Brook GreenBrook Green£102k
Pembroke Town Walls TrustPembroke£102k