Walkley Carnegie Library

Analysis

Walkley Carnegie Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in December 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Walkley Carnegie Library reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £57k to £19k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Walkley Carnegie Library sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Bermondsey Sports Foundation Limited (£19k), Flexercise WLHB (£19k) and Halliford Parent Teacher Association (£19k).