Chalfont St Giles Community Library

Analysis

Chalfont St Giles Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chalfont St Giles. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chalfont St Giles Community Library reported income of £13k and spending of £15k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,537 to £13k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chalfont St Giles Community Library sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Read Easy Norfolk (£13k), Wonersh & Shamley Green Primary School PTA (£13k) and School Aid India (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.