THE ARCHIBALD CORBETT COMMUNITY LIBRARY, ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1171748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORBETT COMMUNITY CENTRE

Provide public library in LB Lewisham and use building for recreation/ leisure use for people needing such facilities due to their youth, age, infirmity/disablement, financial hardship or social/economic circumstances or general public in the interests of social welfare and to improve residents' condition of life. Advance education in local history, arts,heritage and legacy of Archibald Corbett

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:1.THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM;2.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR RECREATION AND 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 RESIDENTS;3.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM BY OPERATING AND MANAGING A LENDING LIBRARY AND ADVANCING EDUCATION IN LOCAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE AND THE LEGACY OF ARCHIBALD CORBETT;4.TO ADVANCE THE ARTS BY THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC ART DISPLAYS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £201 on unrestricted funds for the year ended September 2025, following a net expense in the prior year. Total funds carried forward were £106,424, with a stated reserves policy to cover 90% of expected annual expenditure. The trustees confirmed there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 6 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Archibald Corbett Community Library Arts and Heritage Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Douglas Honeybone
• Cheryl Ann Johnson
• Helen Gina Marcelle
• JULIA BURKE
• Jacqueline Patricia Berry
• Jane Winifred Gillis
• Jennifer Owens
• Lynda Marie Miller
• PATRICIA ANN MERRY
• Paul Cooke

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £215k
• PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £197k
• SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £143k
• COMMUNITY MANAGED LIBRARIES NATIONAL PEER NETWORK income £118k
• HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £199k
• LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT income £112k

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