OpenCharities

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Also known as: CILIP, The Library and Information Association

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC049474
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 28, 2025. Filing history
Registered
July 24, 2019
Legal form
Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

Address

Address
C/o Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9HQ

Contact

Website
cilip.org.uk
Screenshot of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals website

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education'

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Older People','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The objects of the Institute shall be to work for the benefit of the public to promote education and knowledge through the establishment and development of libraries and information services and to advance information science (being the science and practice of the collection, collation, evaluation and organised dissemination of information)

Geography

Main operating location
Outwith Scotland
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 28, 202528 days late £3,254,335 £4,128,477 47
Dec. 31, 2023 Jan. 2, 202594 days late £3,730,510 £6,484,381 44
Dec. 31, 2022 Jan. 2, 202494 days late £3,849,026 £4,291,071 47
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 24, 202224 days late £4,091,535 £3,907,107 47
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 6, 2022371 days late £3,946,319 £-3,871,193 41

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.