THE JAMES RECKITT LIBRARY ENDOWMENT

Registered charity 225497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JAMES RECKITT LIBRARY TRUST

For the maintenance of the public library

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF STAFF, PUBLIC SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN HULL, AND THE REFURBISHMENT OF SUCH LIBRARY BUILDINGS WHEREBY THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC IN THOSE LIBRARIES WILL EXCEED THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES STANDARDS AS PRESCRIBED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, AND2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL STAFF, SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN ORDER TO BRING PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES TO THOSE LIVING, STUDYING AND WORKING IN HULL, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE MAKE LITTLE OR NO USE OF THE FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: HULL

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's financial position is strong, with net assets totaling £17,670,309 as of 31 March 2025. The trustees report sufficient reserves to pay debts as they fall due and identify no material uncertainties regarding going concern. However, the charity reported a net expenditure of £114,653 for the year, primarily driven by a loss on investment revaluations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sadofskys. 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHLOE JANE FRANKISHchair
• COUNCILLOR HAROLDO HERRERA-RICHMOND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Robert James Pritchard · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR GRAHAM CHESTERS · trustee of 4 other charities
• Patricia Mary Dalby · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON READING CENTRE.

• THE LONDON READING CENTRE income £104k
• RUDOLF STEINER PRESS income £243k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES', CLITHEROE income £461k
• THE READING FOUNDATION income £517k
• THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY income £1.8m
• HELP IN NEED TODAY income £558k

Side by side with its peers

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