FRIENDS OF KINMEL BAY COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Registered charity 1164414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity maintains a building leased from the County Council to ensure library facilities for all people resident or staying in the area. Outside library opening hours, volunteers run various groups in the library building, such as Ancestry, Job Club, craft activities and social events.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS OF KINMEL BAY, TOWYN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY LIBRARY.2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF KINMEL BAY, TOWYN 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.

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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Latest income
£22k
Latest spending
£13k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a transactional cash book or bank statement for the period April 2024 to April 2025, listing individual receipts and payments. It does not contain a summary of financial health, reserves, or a formal financial position statement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Conwy

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
03/04/2026£22k£13k
03/04/2025£32k£31k
03/04/2024£5k£5k
03/04/2023£8k£4k
03/04/2022£50£4k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF KINMEL BAY COMMUNITY LIBRARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a transactional cash book or bank statement for the period April 2024 to April 2025, listing individual receipts and payments. It does not contain a summary of financial health, reserves, or a formal financial position statement.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2026£20kNew heating system
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2024£20kBuilding maintenance.