Preston Community Library

Analysis

Preston Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07776923). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Preston Community Library reported income of £28k and spending of £9,807, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £43k to £28k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Preston Community Library sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horfield Church of England School Association (£28k), Friends of Harpenden Academy (£28k) and Darul Uloom Chandbharang Foundation (£28k).