# THE DURNING LIBRARY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 307986
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** May 7, 1963
- **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=307986


## Contact

- **Address:** THE DURNING LIBRARY, HIGH STREET, ASCOT, BERKSHIRE
- **Postcode:** SL5 7JF
- **Phone:** 01344630140



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ASSIST THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN PROVIDING A SUPERIOR LIBRARY SERVICE; THE PROVISION OF LIBRARY FACILITIES NOT PROVIDED STATUTORILY BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL; THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION.

**Activities:** Expenditure is used to assist school libraries and to fund extended hours at the Ascot Durning Library. Additional library hours funded at ?20,000 per annum.

**Area of benefit:** ASCOT AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Windsor And Maidenhead



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £23645 | £23921 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £24148 | £30226 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £23917 | £23700 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £23854 | £29010 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £23665 | £18791 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **GEOFF DONOVAN** (Chair) — appointed May 16, 2018
- CAROLYN AUTON
- Caroline Chamberlain — appointed May 12, 2018
- SEAN CHAMBERLAIN — appointed Feb. 6, 2025