# Libraries Connected

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1176482
- **Other names:** SOCIETY OF CHIEF LIBRARIANS, SCL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 2, 2018
- **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=1176482


## Contact

- **Address:** Libraries Connected, Mailbox 1201, Maggie O'Neill Business Centre, 433 Liverpool Road, Huyton, Liverpool
- **Postcode:** L36 8HT
- **Phone:** 02033702306
- **Email:** info@librariesconnected.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (WHICH ARE EITHER PUBLIC OR FROM WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BENEFIT) AND TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SHALL DETERMINE.

**Activities:** The Objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the public by assisting in the establishment, maintenance, operation and development of libraries and library services in the United Kingdom (which are either public or from which the public may benefit) and to further such other charitable purposes consistent with the above as the Trustees, in their absolute discretion, shall determine.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Guernsey
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2714195 | £2674165 | £2261020 | 15 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1862192 | £2170161 | £2220988 | 13 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2340961 | £1358303 | £2528958 | 12 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1513847 | £1234576 | £1546300 | 13 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1646880 | £1224864 | £1267029 | 13 |



## Trustees

- **Edward Ewin Jewell** (Chair) — appointed March 8, 2023
- Anthony Hopkins BEM — appointed March 6, 2020
- Ayub Khan MBE — appointed April 30, 2018
- Benjamin John Holden — appointed June 19, 2023
- Diana Jane Edmonds — appointed June 19, 2023
- Kulvinder Kelly Saini Badwal — appointed March 14, 2024
- Paraic John McKenna — appointed June 19, 2023
- Peter WiIlliam Gaw — appointed June 19, 2023
- Russell Martin Allen — appointed March 14, 2024
- Sarah Jane Garbacz — appointed June 19, 2023