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Dinas Powys Library and Activity Centre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1169059Dinas PowysArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£43k2025-03-31
Spending£39ksame year
Spent / received82%5-year average
Size in its cause66th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dinas Powys Library and Activity Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dinas Powys. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 March 2025, Dinas Powys Library and Activity Centre reported income of £43k and spending of £39k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £43k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Dinas Powys Library and Activity Centre sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Madley Park Hall Trust (£43k), The Cleary Blackfriars Trust (£43k) and Shuttington and Alvecote Parish Hall (£43k).

Income and spending

£0£11k£22k£32k£43k2021 Income: £17,6172021 Spending: £10,85320212022 Income: £16,8522022 Spending: £16,75020222023 Income: £32,2262023 Spending: £22,90820232024 Income: £35,3742024 Spending: £29,58020242025 Income: £43,0012025 Spending: £39,4692025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The main activity of the charity is to maintain and operate the library for the residents of Dinas Powys. It is staffed by volunteers supported by a part-time librarian funded by the Vale of Glamorgan Council. As well as the provision of books, large print and audio, we offer computer access, dvds, photocopying, children's activities and a range of fund raising events.

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Madley Park Hall TrustOxfordshire£43k
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Shuttington and Alvecote Parish Hall£43k
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