Markfield Community Library

Analysis

Markfield Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Markfield. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Markfield Community Library reported income of £20k and spending of £17k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £51k to £20k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Markfield Community Library sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Recent Drawing (£20k), Reading Phoenix Choir (£20k) and The Royal Tunbridge Wells Orpheus Male Voice Choir (£20k).