Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network

Analysis

Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network reported income of £118k and spending of £97k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,500 to £118k (+4627%), an average of +162% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52893%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Startermotor Limited (£118k), Condicote Playgroup and Toddler Group (£118k) and Chalfont St Giles Pre-School Playgroup (£118k).