Bostall Library Community Group

Analysis

Bostall Library Community Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2016, 10 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bostall Library Community Group reported income of £61k and spending of £71k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £58k to £61k (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bostall Library Community Group sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grassington Hub (£61k), The First New Cross (The Greys) Scout Group (£61k) and Grand Union Village Community Development Trust (£61k).

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.