SWINDON COMMUNITY LIBRARY TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1171371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Liden Library & Community Hub

The Liden Library & Community Hub operates from a community library in Liden, Swindon, where we provide books for people of all ages to read, hold events including story time for children and support the local community with events.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LITERACY OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A LENDING LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. (2) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SWINDON AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING WHEN APPROPRIATE TOGETHER THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LITERACY, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (3) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £22,479 during the period, resulting in a year-end cash balance of £28,170.40. The charity received £15,500 in grants and £7,140.83 in utility contributions, while total payments amounted to £13,842.23. The filing does not disclose any reserves policy, pension deficits, or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Malcolm Bell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Eileen Elizabeth Haller
• Garry Perkins

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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