Friends of Lambeth Palace Library

Analysis

Friends of Lambeth Palace Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends of Lambeth Palace Library reported income of £72k and spending of £79k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to March 2026, income fell from £87k to £72k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of Lambeth Palace Library sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The William Leech Research Fund (£72k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, (Without the Walls) , Blacon (£72k) and Amazing Grace Church London (£72k).