# FRIENDS OF WASH COMMON LIBRARY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1179703
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 29, 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=1179703


## Contact

- **Address:** WASH COMMON LIBRARY, GLENDALE AVENUE, NEWBURY
- **Postcode:** RG14 6TL
- **Phone:** 01635226520
- **Email:** friendsofwclibrary@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.washcommonlibrary.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WASH COMMON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA OR COMMUNITIES BY OPERATING AND MANAGING A LENDING LIBRARY.

**Activities:** The Friends of Wash Common Library was set up in 2017 as a response to the threatened closure of the library by West Berkshire Council. After a campaign lasting nearly two years the Friends, with support from Newbury Town Council, re-opened the library as a Community library. FoWCL fund and manage the library, it Is completely independent of WBLS and is run entirely by volunteers.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire
- West Berkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £9423 | £9515 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £7518 | £5619 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3628 | £4924 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £5173 | £4040 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £3567 | £3418 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JULIA RAMSAY CALVERT** (Chair) — appointed May 7, 2018
- David Ralph Marsh — appointed Feb. 6, 2018
- JENIFER KLEPFER — appointed May 7, 2018
- JUDITH HELEN THOMAS — appointed May 7, 2018
- MARY ELIZABETH LEONARD — appointed May 7, 2018
- SUSAN JANE OLIVER — appointed May 7, 2018