WHICKHAM VOLUNTEER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1178050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We operate a volunteer library at the heart of our local community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A LIBRARY FACILITY AND SERVICE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE INHABITANTS OF WHICKHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS.TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE SAID INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR ANY OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.TO PROMOTE OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity showed a surplus of £12,365.59 for the year ended 31st March 2025, driven by one-off income streams including a VAT refund and a Barclays bank clawback. However, running costs were higher than expected due to backdated cleaning fees, and the trustees note that rental income from Barclays Bank is not guaranteed going forward, prompting a search for alternative revenue streams.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Whickham Volunteer Library Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALLAN EDWARD SHORT BSC MSCchair
• ALISON RICHARDSON
• ANNE MESSERE
• Andrew Summerson
• Angela Todd
• DAVID JOHNSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• DENISE LORNA BENNETT
• Laura Catherine Bennett
• Margaret Caroline Craddock
• PATRICIA JANE CAMPION
• PETER THOMAS CRAIG
• Valentine Dunn

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

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