Gresford and District Community Library

Analysis

Gresford and District Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wrexham. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08948646). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Gresford and District Community Library reported income of £23k and spending of £10k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £28k to £23k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gresford and District Community Library sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stanhope Swimming Pool Ltd (£23k), 1st Maidenhead (Mid Thames) Sea Scout Group (£23k) and Coopersale Social Institute (£23k).