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Description
Grants to promote the acquisition by national and regional libraries and archives of printed books, manuscripts and records of historical, literary, artistic, architectural, musical or such like interest and to assist the libraries in any other way which the Charity considers appropriate.
Also known as
- Friends of the National Libraries
- Friends of the National Libraries
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
RG8 9JA
Website
Domain
fnlmail.org.uk
Latest income
£1,979,227 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Find that Charity is not responsible for the content of external websites
- fnl.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Wikipedia: Friends of the National Libraries
Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia links from Wikidata
Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 313020 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Performing and visual arts
A11
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Arts
AR» Media and publishingAR200» LiteratureAR202 -
Arts
AR» Performing artAR300» MusicAR303 -
Associations
AS» League of FriendsAS104 -
Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200 -
Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200» Grants to organisationsCA202 -
Heritage
HR» HistoryHR103
Theme (CCEW)
-
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
-
Makes Grants To Organisations
302
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-03-22 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-12-31 | 118,618 | 128,803 |
| 2005-12-31 | 121,815 | 154,682 |
| 2006-12-31 | 170,179 | 166,855 |
| 2007-12-31 | 144,399 | 211,972 |
| 2008-12-31 | 164,212 | 173,022 |
| 2009-12-31 | 88,970 | 109,389 |
| 2010-12-31 | 135,477 | 116,931 |
| 2011-12-31 | 112,293 | 120,924 |
| 2012-12-31 | 199,345 | 185,381 |
| 2013-12-31 | 179,645 | 231,011 |
| 2014-12-31 | 259,954 | 246,372 |
| 2015-12-31 | 802,689 | 788,731 |
| 2016-12-31 | 1,324,401 | 203,462 |
| 2017-12-31 | 356,404 | 269,729 |
| 2018-12-31 | 288,904 | 350,586 |
| 2019-12-31 | 638,383 | 651,665 |
| 2020-12-31 | 1,221,740 | 757,774 |
| 2021-12-31 | 16,347,392 | 15,349,544 |
| 2022-12-31 | 1,979,227 | 1,427,106 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | - | - |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 3 | 2 |
| Trustees | 17 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £000s |
2021
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 769.3 | 16,111.4 |
| Legacies | 12.2 | 21.6 |
| Endowments | 1,000.0 | 100.0 |
| Donations and legacies | 1,781.4 | 16,233.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 197.8 | 114.4 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 1,979.2 | 16,347.4 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 13.2 | 19.9 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 62.5 | 67.7 |
| Spending on raising funds | 75.8 | 87.7 |
| Grants to institutions | 1,349.9 | 15,260.8 |
| Other charitable activities | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Charitable activities | 1,351.4 | 15,261.9 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 1,427.1 | 15,349.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 552.1 | 997.8 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £000s |
2021
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | - |
| Investment assets | 5,020.6 | 4,491.1 |
| 5,020.6 | 4,491.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 808.5 | 6,651.6 |
| Other current assets | 16.2 | 4,744.3 |
| 824.7 | 11,395.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (97.8) | (10,222.9) |
| Net current assets | 726.9 | 1,173.0 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 5,747.5 | 5,664.1 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 5,747.5 | 5,664.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 1,639.0 | 1,639.0 |
| Restricted funds | 1,786.0 | 1,258.2 |
| Unrestricted funds | 2,322.5 | 2,766.9 |
| 5,747.5 | 5,664.1 | |
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Museums & Heritage |
£250,000 | Major Grants award | ||
|
Rothschild Foundation
Special interest |
£50,000
1 year |
Grant to Friends of the National Libraries
Apr 2022 to Apr 2023 |
||
| The Berkeley Foundation | £40,000 | Honresfield Library Campaign | ||
| The Berkeley Foundation | £40,000 | Change to Prince of Wales Fund | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Museums & Heritage |
£256,000 | Major Grants award | ||
| Monument Trust |
£750
Mar 2017 |
CC Trustees Discretionary Donation.
Mar 2017 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- The Berkeley Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Monument Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Rothschild Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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