Friends of Greenhill Library

Analysis

Friends of Greenhill Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Greenhill Library reported income of £85k and spending of £72k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £104k to £85k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Greenhill Library sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Harriers (£85k), Witney Buttercross Scout Group (£85k) and Georgetown Boys and Girls Club (£84k).