THE OLD LIBRARY

Registered charity 1198148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work to retain an important local building by generating income from it. The income will be used to develop it into a welcoming space that will support learning and encourage neighbourhood cohesion. Our aims include providing a free library and a cafe with a flexible and inclusive service to the community.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE USE OF A PUBLIC LENDING LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF SKIRCOAT WARD.(2) TO PROMOTE OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SKIRCOAT WARD, 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded the business plan by over £5,000, driven primarily by café receipts which were £10,000 higher than expected. Cash reserves increased by almost £8,000 during the year, and the treasurer expects to maintain at least this level of reserves into the future assuming café sales continue at the current level.

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 4 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Old Library (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Rosemary Veritychair
• Colin Hugh Hutchinson
• Grant Moorhouse
• Heather Anne Baim · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Leighton
• Lucy Helen Hope Parker
• Michael James Barnes
• Rachel Mary Whitbread
• Susan Herbert
• Susan Renate Russell

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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