Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

FRIENDS OF KENSAL RISE LIBRARY LIMITED 

The charitable object of the Friends of Kensal Rise Library is:To advance public education by running and/or assisting in the running of a library at Bathurst Gardens, Kensal Rise, London NW10 5JA, for the benefit of the residents of the London Borough of Brent.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 13 years

www.kensalriselibrary.org

adamcharlesgreen@gmail.com

02089607045

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£57£36£21n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/22£35£59£-24n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£43£37£6n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£52£60£-8n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£92£48£44n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/18£108£188£-80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£105£7£98£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£25£11£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£18£1£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£0£8£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13?*£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£11£3£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 30 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Power to Change£18,500
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£7,160
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - Friends of Kensal Rise Library Ltd (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to Friends of Kensal Rise Library Ltd (RCF)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,160 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Power to Change - C-19 Response - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
£8,500 27/05/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep Kensal Community Library Manager
£10,000 08/08/2019
12
The project will use the funding to employ a community library manager, which will enable this user led organisation to continue in its provision of activities, events and volunteer support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kensal Rise Community Library Manager
£10,000 14/05/2018
12
The library is a former council facility, which was due to close and be sold to developers. The Friends have acquired the ground floor rent free and have been re-instating the space as a library and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 04/05/2017
The Refurbishment of Kensal Rise Library
Power to Change - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
£76,980 01/12/2016
36
Grant to The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
Power to Change - The Friends of Kensal Rise Library
£76,980 30/11/2016
Funding towards refurbishment of the library as a community space and to fund a part-time manager, alongside business development support. This will help this community-rescued library to become more ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2011, number: 1141606
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/03/2011, number: 07566546
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR13: 14 days late,
Main office

Kensal Rise Library
Bathurst Gardens
LONDON
NW10 5JA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY RUNNING AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE RUNNING OF A LIBRARY AT BATHHURST GARDENS, KENSAL RISE, LONDON NW10 5JA, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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