GLADSTONE'S LIBRARY

1. GLADSTONE'S LIBRARY 2010-09-23 → present
2. ST. DEINIOL'S LIBRARY 1989-03-21 → 2010-09-23

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. GLADSTONE'S LIBRARY · parent
   1. Gladstone's Library Services Ltd 100% · café/restaurant services

Significant events

• “Awarding of a grant from the Heritage Lottery allowing us to pilot projects with young people in the 16-24 age group.”
• “Critical drain repairs and underpinning were carried out, with roof work delayed due to project timetable and fund value impacts.”
• “Founder's Day celebration facilitated a conversation on the history and legacy of enslavement.”
• “Reading Rooms Enquiry Desk installed a Tap to Donate machine, raising £4,192 in ten months.”
• “Important deaccessioning completed ahead of active disposal in 2025.”
• “A new Collections Development Policy was signed off by the Warden.”
• “Received two new small deposits: papers of William Steuert Gladstone and William Robert Gladstone, and Cartier's Crime Writers Association's Diamond Dagger.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +6.4%

  £985,611 → £1,048,949

• Cash

  -12.4%

  £733,302 → £642,122

• Net assets

  -0.3%

  £2,264,323 → £2,257,478

• Employees

  +2.4%

  41 → 42

• Profit before tax

  +61.9%

  -£93,061 → -£35,435

• Wages

  +6.8%

  £726,349 → £775,612

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers