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The City Literary Institute

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1011734 .
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Description

Provide learning opportunities to over 50,000 people a year. Offer guidance & give financial support. Help adults transform their lives through learning from basic skills in english and maths to skills for work, from personal development and enrichment, professional advancement or career change.

Also known as

  • City Lit
  • The City Lit
  • The City Literary Institute
  • City Lit
  • The City Literary Institute

CCEW Charity number

803007

Company number

02471686

Registered

Postcode

WC2B 4BA

Website

citylit.ac.uk

Domain

citylit.ac.uk

Latest income

£18,100,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Locations

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Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1011734 .
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 803007 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Themes and activities

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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.

  • Higher education not elsewhere classfied B29

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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  • Beneficiary group BE » Older people BE108
  • Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200
  • Education ED » Training ED300 » Basic skills ED301

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • People With Disabilities 203
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Individuals 301
  • Provides Other Finance 303
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • Regional

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1990-03-01 Registered as a charity
2004-07-31 13,561,000 13,058,000
2005-07-31 14,055,672 13,491,114
2006-07-31 13,974,000 14,082,000
2007-07-31 14,818,000 14,460,000
2008-07-31 15,512,000 15,447,000
2009-07-31 16,061,000 16,040,000
2010-07-31 16,461,000 15,982,000
2011-07-31 16,812,000 16,494,000
2012-07-31 18,247,000 16,767,000
2013-07-31 17,728,000 18,562,000
2014-07-31 17,800 20,018
2015-07-31 17,630,000 17,686,000
2016-07-31 16,906,000 16,862,000
2017-07-31 17,943,000 17,899,000
2018-07-31 18,666,000 18,415,000
2019-07-31 19,285,000 19,241,000
2020-07-31 18,490,000 20,249,000
2021-07-31 18,720,000 19,796,000
2022-07-31 18,100,000 18,306,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 633 748
Employees paid more than £60,000 13 12
Volunteers - -
Trustees 14
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Statement of Financial Activities

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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
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 0.1 0.1
Legacies 0.0 -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 0.1 0.1
Income from charitable activities 17.9 18.3
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments - -
Other income 0.2 0.3
Total 18.1 18.7
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - -
Spending on raising funds - -
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 18.3 19.8
Charitable activities 18.3 19.8
Other spending - -
Total 18.3 19.8
Net income / (expenditure) (0.2) (1.1)

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Balance sheet

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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
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 18.3 18.9
Investment assets - -
18.3 18.9
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash - -
Other current assets 0.8 0.8
0.8 0.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (5.3) (5.7)
Net current assets (4.5) (4.9)
Total assets less current liabilities 13.7 14.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (5.1) (5.1)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 8.6 8.8
Defined benefit pension scheme (7.0) (21.3)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 1.6 (12.5)
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 0.1 0.1
Unrestricted funds 1.5 (12.6)
1.6 (12.5)

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 204,000 389,000
Government contracts as % of total income 1.1% 2.1%
Number of government contracts 3 4
Government grants
Income from government grants 8,428,000 8,023,000
Government grants as % of total income 46.6% 42.9%
Number of government grants 2 2

The City Literary Institute

GB-CHC-803007

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Department for Education
T - Level Capital
£388,919 T - Level Capital
Garfield Weston Foundation
Education
£20,000 Main Grants award
The National Lottery Community Fund £9,987 Helping Adults Who Stammer in the N.West
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All
£9,987
1 year
Helping Adults Who Stammer in the N.West
Mar 2018 to Mar 2019

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

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