Great Glen Community Library

Analysis

Great Glen Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in December 2015, 11 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.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Great Glen Community Library reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4,306 to £20k (+362%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 321%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Great Glen Community Library sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Trauma Response Network Limited (£20k), Copthorne District Guide Association (£20k) and Mount Hanna (£20k).

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.