Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Analysis

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals reported income of £3.3m and spending of £5.5m, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £3.3m (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Shakespeare North Trust (£3.3m), The Palace Theatre Watford Limited (£3.3m) and The National Motor Museum Trust Limited (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 17%, investments 13% and trading 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,522. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £9.7m would cover about 21 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.