Friends of Castle Cary Community Library.

Analysis

Friends of Castle Cary Community Library. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Castle Cary Community Library. reported income of £13k and spending of £9,503, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £13k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Castle Cary Community Library. sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom (£13k), Christopher Rawlins Parent Teacher Friends Association (£13k) and Friends of Christchurch School (£13k).