Voices for Gainsborough Community Library

Analysis

Voices for Gainsborough Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Voices for Gainsborough Community Library reported income of £29k and spending of £26k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £29k (+5.5%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Voices for Gainsborough 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 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alfred Foster Settlement (£29k), Cosheston Mission Church (£29k) and Kaotic Angel Foundation (£29k).