Ackworth Community Library

Analysis

Ackworth Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ackworth Community Library reported income of £31k and spending of £26k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £31k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 68%. 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, Ackworth Community Library sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lydbrook Band (£30k), Putney Choral Society (£31k) and Battling Brook Parent Teacher Friends Association (£30k).