School Library Association

Analysis

School Library Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, School Library Association reported income of £487k and spending of £421k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £272k to £487k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, School Library Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keswick Museum and Art Gallery Management Limited (£487k), Mayfield Grammar School Gravesend (£488k) and Lake District Foundation (£487k).