LIBRARIES CONNECTED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. LIBRARIES CONNECTED 2019-10-23 → present
2. LIBRARIES CONNECTED LTD. 2019-02-21 → 2019-10-23
3. SOCIETY OF CHIEF LIBRARIANS 2011-03-10 → 2019-02-21

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have considered going concern and have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. It has secured ACE funding for its core activities for the next two years and continues to meet criteria.”

Significant events

• “The general election brought a new government, a new libraries minister, and a wave of new policies, priorities, and initiatives for the sector.”
• “This year our contract with Sopra Steria to provide face to face elements of the UK Visa process in libraries came to an end as their contract with Home Office concluded. We signed a contract with TLS Contact to do this in May 2024 and began delivery through 8 library services in October 2024.”
• “A major milestone was the launch of our new member platform, designed to streamline event bookings, share news and opportunities, and provide access to a member address book.”
• “In November, we launched our new website. The new design is more accessible, engaging and easier to navigate, with new resources, events and news sections.”
• “We joined Bluesky in September 2024 and quickly gained a large following, which currently stands at around 7,000.”
• “A new Minister for Libraries, Sir Chris Bryant, was appointed in July 2025.”
• “Next year will be another period of rapid change and development. A new Policy, External Affairs and Research (PEAR) team will be created to take forward the recommendations of our policy and public affairs review.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +46.5%

  £1,827,458 → £2,677,347

• Cash

  +3.1%

  £1,915,218 → £1,975,344

• Net assets

  +1.8%

  £2,220,988 → £2,261,019

• Employees

  +23.1%

  13 → 16

• Operating profit

  +100.9%

  -£342,704 → £3,183

• Profit before tax

  +113%

  -£307,970 → £40,031

• Wages

  +36.9%

  £493,304 → £675,404

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