Leicester Forest East Community Library

Analysis

Leicester Forest East Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicester Forest East Community Library reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income fell from £43k to £17k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Leicester Forest East Community Library sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingsbridge Community College Trust (£17k), The Outlook Training Organisation (£17k) and Friends of Broadstone (£17k).