Libraries Connected

Analysis

Libraries Connected is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huyton, Liverpool. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07559747). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Libraries Connected reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.7m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Libraries Connected sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Awards (£2.7m), The Women's Centre Cornwall Ltd (£2.7m) and Prifysgol Cymru / the University of Wales (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £751k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.