FRIENDS OF BURNAGE LIBRARY LTD

Registered charity 1158817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOBL, FRIENDS OF BURNAGE LIBRARY

Friends of Burnage Library Ltd. provides a range of learning, cultural, creative and social activities at Burnage Library and Activity Hub, Manchester. Our volunteer team also work alongside partners to provide an outreach library service.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income totalled £33,098 against unrestricted expenditure of £32,056, resulting in a surplus. The trustees report that current unrestricted reserves of £27,935 exceed their stated policy target of £15,000, and they are confident the charity has sufficient income to meet its objectives in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of fixed running costs (£15,000) (held: £28k)

“The trustees believe that £15,000 adequately reflects three month running costs”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Hitchen
Andrew Mortimer
Dareema Akhtar Rehman
Jennifer Barbara Enobakhare
John Desmond McCrory
Karen Pudner

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£59k	£58k
31/03/2024	£68k	£57k
31/03/2023	£33k	£34k
31/03/2022	£64k	£60k
31/03/2021	£64k	£67k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF BURNAGE LIBRARY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income totalled £33,098 against unrestricted expenditure of £32,056, resulting in a surplus. The trustees report that current unrestricted reserves of £27,935 exceed their stated policy target of £15,000, and they are confident the charity has sufficient income to meet its objectives in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2023	£9k	Arts Are For Everyone.
Southway Housing Trust	24/02/2021	£3k	The Garden Room
Southway Housing Trust	01/02/2021	£1k	The Garden Room
Southway Housing Trust	01/12/2020	£500	Friends of Burnage Library
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2020	£6k	"COVID19 Friends of Burnage Library"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/10/2018	£52k	"Burnage, A Place Called Home"