Friends of Jesmond Library

Analysis

Friends of Jesmond Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08430250). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Jesmond Library reported income of £65k and spending of £51k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £94k to £65k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Jesmond Library sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanwrtyd & District Heritage and Arts Centre (£65k), The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation (£65k) and Landscape Research Centre Ltd (£65k).