THE LONDON LIBRARY

Registered charity 312175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£6.3m

Latest spending

£5.8m

Registered

1968

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£6.3m

Total spending

£5.8m

Cost of raising funds

£863k

Reserves (reported)

£2.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Simon Godwinchair
Alain Aubry
Anni Domingo · trustee of 4 other charities
Charles Spicer · trustee of 3 other charities
Daisy Goodwin
Dr Stephanie Hall
John Colenutt
Neil Christie
PAUL AYLIEFF
Patrick Fleming
Rev Paul Gismondi · trustee of 4 other charities
Simon King
Stephen Edward Withnell
Steven Whitaker
Yassmin Midhat Abdel-Magied

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£6.3m	£5.8m
31/03/2024	£4.8m	£5.2m
31/03/2023	£6.0m	£4.6m
31/03/2022	£4.0m	£4.8m
31/03/2021	£4.9m	£4.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE LONDON LIBRARY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON LIBRARY as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION, THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST, THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£259k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£200k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£150k
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST	FY2024	£32k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£6k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£0
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0