# LEE HUB - INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY LIBRARY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1193198
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF LEE HUB, LEE COMMUNITY LIBRARY, LEE COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND HUB, LEE HUB
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 22, 2021
- **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=1193198


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 HIGH STREET, LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT, Hampshire, PO13 9BZ
- **Postcode:** PO13 9BZ
- **Phone:** 02392551047
- **Email:** leehubforall@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.leehub.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WITHIN HAMPSHIRE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF AGE, RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION OR OTHER PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC:- 3.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY LIBRARY FACILITY PROVING BOOKS, LEARNING MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, INFORMATION SERVICE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 3.1.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3.1.3 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. 3.1.4 TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY BUILDING [“LEE HUB”] AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A BUILDING FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

**Activities:** Lee Hub  Independent Community Library aims to deliver a Community Library, Community Cafe and meetings space for social activities, health & wellbeing programmes.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £74819 | £97423 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £71433 | £53396 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £40682 | £21633 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £49396 | £25153 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Simon Robert Whitehouse** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 3, 2025
- Gemma Broster — appointed Feb. 22, 2024
- Jean Bird — appointed Jan. 4, 2025
- Kathleen Susan Giles BA, MA — appointed Nov. 10, 2021
- Murray Purves — appointed Jan. 17, 2025
- Peter Cornish — appointed March 21, 2024
- Robert Carr — appointed March 21, 2024
- Wendy Davies — appointed Jan. 12, 2025