# Friends of the Nations' Libraries

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 313020
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 22, 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=313020


## Contact

- **Address:** PO BOX 4291, Reading, Berkshire
- **Postcode:** RG8 9JA
- **Phone:** 01491598083
- **Email:** admin@fnlmail.org.uk
- **Website:** www.fnl.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS AS GIFTS TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES.(THE EXPRESSION "NATIONAL LIBRARIES" IS UNDERSTOOD PRIMARILY TO MEAN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES OF SCOTLAND AND WALES; BUT THE SOCIETY WILL BE FREE, AS OCCASION ARISES, TO ASSIST ALSO UNIVERSITY, MUNICIPAL AND OTHER LIBRARIES TO SECURE PRINTED BOOKS OR MANUSCRIPTS WHICH HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST FOR THEM).

**Activities:** Grants to promote the acquisition by national and regional libraries and archives of printed books, manuscripts and records of historical, literary, artistic, architectural, musical or such like interest and to assist the libraries in any other way which the Charity considers appropriate.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £765524 | £753435 | £6310868 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £584471 | £377048 | £6090407 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1979227 | £1427106 | £5747531 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £16347392 | £15349544 | £5664087 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1221740 | £757774 | £4302703 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Mr Geordie Greig** (Chair) — appointed June 29, 2017
- Anothy Colin Richard Davis — appointed June 18, 2025
- Artemis Clare Antonia Cooper — appointed June 19, 2024
- Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore CBE
- Dame Anna Lisbet Kristina Rausing — appointed June 19, 2024
- Dr Amina Shah — appointed Oct. 4, 2021
- Dr Jessica Pearsall Gardner — appointed April 3, 2017
- Dr Rhodri Llwyd Morgan — appointed April 1, 2024
- Joan Sanborn Harris Winterkorn MBE — appointed June 20, 2023
- MARK HENRY STOREY — appointed June 20, 2023
- Mark Philip Stevens — appointed June 20, 2023
- Professor Kathryn Sutherland — appointed June 19, 2024
- Professor RICHARD OVENDEN OBE — appointed July 8, 2014
- STEPHEN PETER CLARKE — appointed June 18, 2025
- Thomas William Ayling — appointed June 18, 2025
- Tina Michelle Morton — appointed Aug. 8, 2023