Starbeck Community Library

Analysis

Starbeck Community Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Starbeck Community Library reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3,282 to £12k (+264%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Starbeck Community Library sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hazlewood PTFA (£12k), The Conservative Agents' Charity (£12k) and The Douglas and Elaine Biart Charitable Trust (£12k).