ANSTEY COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Registered charity 1162159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACL

Operation of Anstey Library on behalf of Leics Library Service.Provision of community facilities for the local area.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANSTEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF A VOLUNTEER RUN LENDING LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION. (2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF ANSTEY IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR, BY: (A) PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING (B) ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING LEARNING AS A LEISURE ACTIVITY AND FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (C) ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING LOCAL ARTS AND CRAFTS AS LEISURE ACTIVITIES (D) PROVISION OF INFORMATION MEDIA SUCH AS THE INTERNET AND AN INFORMATION CENTRE (E) PROVISION OF PRE-SCHOOLS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL EDUCATION SUCH AS PLAYGROUPS OR HOMEWORK CLUBS IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A LIBRARY FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: LEICESTERSHIRE

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £36,000, with income consistently exceeding expenditure and the balance feeding into savings. The trustees report that finances are healthy into the future with no plans for major expenditure over the next five years.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHIL KNIGHTchair
• Alan Prior BSc
• Cydelle King
• JENNIFER ELIZABETH TOMLINSON
• Janet Marilyn Witcomb
• Lynne Margaret Childerley
• Rosalind Yvonne Cole
• Trupti Lavingia

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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