Rawdon Community Library Ltd

Analysis

Rawdon Community Library Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08149900). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rawdon Community Library Ltd reported income of £45k and spending of £44k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11k to £45k (+306%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Rawdon Community Library Ltd sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Phoenix Theatre Company (£45k), The Rylstone District War Memorial Hall (£45k) and The Thomas Poole Library Nether Stowey (£45k).