RAUNDS COMMUNITY LIBRARY TRUST

Registered charity 1185715 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAUNDS COMMUNITY LIBRARY

To advance the education of the public in Raunds and the surrounding area by operating and managing a lending library.To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Raunds and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RAUNDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY OPERATING AND MANAGING A LENDING LIBRARY;2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RAUNDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION 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 INHABITANTS.

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 achieved a net cash inflow of £38,808.77 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its net assets to £60,242.71. The trustees report that the library remains operational and integrated with the County’s library service, despite a recent lease notice from the landlord which was resolved through negotiations for a new three-year lease. The charity is entirely dependent on unpaid volunteers and external funding sources to continue its activities.

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 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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER WATHENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Rooney
• David Rooney
• LYNDA BELL
• MICHAEL ARTHUR COMMINS
• Michael Harry Clements
• Susan Mary Wathen

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

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