Plymouth Proprietary Library Association

Analysis

Plymouth Proprietary Library Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Plymouth Proprietary Library Association reported income of £26k and spending of £27k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £26k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Plymouth Proprietary Library Association sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crowland Buffalo LVT Association (£26k), Radcliffe-On-Trent University of the Third Age (£26k) and Dufton Village Hall (£26k).