Alpine Club Library

Analysis

Alpine Club Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01002955). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Alpine Club Library reported income of £67k and spending of £87k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £117k to £67k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Alpine Club Library sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pendyrus Male Choir (£67k), The Association of Ringing Teachers: A.r.t (£67k) and Stroud Valley Scout Group (£67k).