CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS
Registered charity 313014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC049474 (OSCR)
CILIP works for the benefit of the public to promote education and knowledge through the establishment and development of libraries and information services and to advance information science (being the science and practice of the collection, collation, evaluation and organized dissemination of information)
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that total group reserves stood at £11,068,858, with free reserves of £9,291,351. The charity reported a net expenditure of £629,576 for the year, primarily driven by a central operations deficit of £158,797, though this was offset by investment gains. The trustees note that the central operations fund balance is negative £833,704 when excluding pension escrow and fixed asset investments, but the overall balance sheet remains strong with significant investment assets.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months' operating costs (held: £9.3m)
“Under the policy in place in 2024, the reserves required to fund central operations are a minimum of three months’ operating costs £1,025,177 (2023: £1,036,594), and a maximum of six months’ operating costs £2,050,354 (2023: £2,073,188).” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations paid to CILIP Benevolent Fund on behalf of CILIP members
“£1,771 was received and paid over during the year to December 2024 (2023: £8,139) of which £Nil (2023: £305) was outstanding.”
“During the year, a gift aid donation of £75,229 was received by CILIP from CILIP Pathways (2023: £102,827).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift aid donation from subsidiary CILIP Pathways Ltd
“£1,771 was received and paid over during the year to December 2024 (2023: £8,139) of which £Nil (2023: £305) was outstanding.”
“During the year, a gift aid donation of £75,229 was received by CILIP from CILIP Pathways (2023: £102,827).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sponsorship from CB Resourcing, a company where Trustee Simon Burton is a director
“£1,771 was received and paid over during the year to December 2024 (2023: £8,139) of which £Nil (2023: £305) was outstanding.”
“During the year, a gift aid donation of £75,229 was received by CILIP from CILIP Pathways (2023: £102,827).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sam Harris — Interim CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£11.1m
Reported reserves equal ~32.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Kate Robinsonchair
- Alison Brettle Professor
- Andrew John Duncan Preater
- Anthony Adeloye · trustee of 9 other charities
- David Smith
- Dr Helen Mary Workman PhD MCLIP
- Elizabeth Clare Jolly
- Janet Peden
- Nicole Weber
- Stephen James Phillips
- Steve Williams
- Sue Williamson
- Surash Patel · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total group reserves stood at £11,068,858, with free reserves of £9,291,351. The charity reported a net expenditure of £629,576 for the year, primarily driven by a central operations deficit of £158,797, though this was offset by investment gains. The trustees note that the central operations fund balance is negative £833,704 when excluding pension escrow and fixed asset investments, but the overall balance sheet remains strong with significant investment assets. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.
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