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The Bibliographical Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 229524LondonEducation and training
Income£202k2025-12-31
Spending£187ksame year
Spent / received88%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctEducation and training
Registered1964Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Bibliographical Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bibliographical Society reported income of £202k and spending of £187k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £155k to £202k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bibliographical Society sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunshine Pre-School Great Gonerby (£202k), Holy Trinity Playgroup (Ashby De-La-Zouch) (£202k) and City of Coventry Scout County (£202k).

Income and spending

£0£51k£101k£152k£202k2021 Income: £155,4562021 Spending: £139,11420212022 Income: £162,3372022 Spending: £135,88520222023 Income: £166,7202023 Spending: £155,02520232024 Income: £175,0382024 Spending: £144,74020242025 Income: £202,2442025 Spending: £187,2502025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Bibliographical Society promotes and encourages study and research in historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography, the making and use of manuscripts, the history of printing, publishing and illustration, the history of bookbinding, the history of the book, as well as the history of libraries, provenance, readership, and book collecting.

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CharityLocationIncome
Sunshine Pre-School Great GonerbyGrantham£202k
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City of Coventry Scout CountyCoventry£202k
St Thomas a Beckett Nursery School LimitedEast Sussex£202k