Shenstone Community Library Association

Analysis

Shenstone Community Library Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lichfield. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Shenstone Community Library Association reported income of £69k and spending of £81k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £47k to £69k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shenstone Community Library Association sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Levenshulme Old Library (£69k), Ardagh Community Trust (£69k) and Wingrave with Rowsham Sports and Leisure (£69k).