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GJ Library

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1168329GatesheadReligion
Income£40k2025-12-31
Spending£53ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause45th pctReligion
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

GJ Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, GJ Library reported income of £40k and spending of £53k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £40k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, GJ Library sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Show Jesus (£40k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God All Souls Parish Ipswich (£40k) and Mobilise Global (£40k).

Income and spending

£0£25k£49k£74k£99k2021 Income: £26,4702021 Spending: £31,53320212022 Income: £24,0312022 Spending: £46,67320222023 Income: £38,5412023 Spending: £45,65320232024 Income: £98,6992024 Spending: £47,95020242025 Income: £40,3292025 Spending: £53,3602025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Relief of poverty

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CharityLocationIncome
Show JesusHereford£40k
The Redeemed Christian Church of God All Souls Parish IpswichIpswich£40k
Mobilise GlobalWorthing£40k
St Korkos Orthodox Church and Eritreans' CommunityBirmingham£40k