Anstey Community Library

Analysis

Anstey Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in June 2015, 11 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Anstey Community Library reported income of £36k and spending of £29k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £26k to £36k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Anstey Community Library sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Little Clacton Village Hall and Harold Lilley Playing Field Trust (£36k), The Dynamic Gymnastics Foundation (£36k) and Bolton Deane and Derby Cricket and Social Club (£36k).