PRESTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Registered charity 1148971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRCL

1. The donation of books for lending to the public2. The provision of book-cases and shelving and library space for storage of books.3. The provision of both fiction and non fiction books to both children and adults4. The provision of related events and activities for the community

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RUNNING AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE RUNNING OF A LIBRARY.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,961 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves of £84,058. The trustees consider the financial position secure and note that sufficient funds exist to continue as a going concern, although the charity remains dependent on generating income from donations and grants.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07776923

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BHATTACHARYA, Kaushik — director, appointed 02/09/2025on trustee list
• BROMBERG, Philip — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list
• GREEN, Linda Rosemary — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list
• HACKER, Howard Melvyn — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list
• RUDD, Kenneth Charles — director, appointed 01/02/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Rudd
• Kaushik Bhattacharya
• Linda Green
• Melvyn Hacker
• Philip Bromberg

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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