# SOUTH CRAVEN COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168766
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 15, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1168766


## Contact

- **Address:** South Craven Community Library, Main Street, Cross Hills, KEIGHLEY, West Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** BD20 8TQ
- **Phone:** 01609534502
- **Email:** Enquiries@sccls.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sccls.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN CROSS HILLS SERVING AN AREA GENERALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY DEFINED AS ‘SOUTH CRAVEN’;-1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY LENDING LIBRARY; AND2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

**Activities:** Library services ,including training of information technology, children's activities encouraging them to read

**Area of benefit:** IN CROSS HILLS SERVING AN AREA GENERALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY DEFINED AS ‘SOUTH CRAVEN’




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £7319 | £7586 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £11437 | £9481 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £6524 | £9651 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £2260 | £6424 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £11109 | £4752 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **REV CANON MICHAEL COWGILL** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 8, 2019
- Elaine Boyd — appointed Feb. 17, 2020
- Elaine Dawson — appointed Sept. 17, 2025
- Elaine Polshaw — appointed Jan. 15, 2018
- Jennifer Ann Wood — appointed Nov. 20, 2021
- Karen Taylor — appointed Nov. 29, 2017
- Martin White — appointed Sept. 17, 2025
- Ruth Lacey — appointed Sept. 17, 2025