01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 22 March 1963
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £457,571
- Latest expenditure
- £479,727
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: PO BOX 4291, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9JA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.fnl.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £457,571
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £479,727
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £765,524
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £753,435
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 July 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £584,471
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £377,048
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,979,227
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,427,106
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £16,347,392
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,349,544
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £457,571
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £479,727
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 9 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £765,524
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £753,435
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £584,471
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £377,048
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,979,227
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,427,106
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 3 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £16,347,392
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,349,544
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 9 July 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 477463
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 46516
- Income Investments
- 241305
- Income Other
- 240
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 765524
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £78,285
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £675,150
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 753435
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 12701
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 656051
- Expenditure Governance
- 19099
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 19099
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 208372
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £6,310,868
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5341563
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5341563
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,335,820
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £366,515
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £6,310,868
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 366515
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,074,465
- Funds Endowment
- 4302491
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 2008377
- Funds Total
- 6310868
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 July 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 353577
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 230894
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 584471
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £102,027
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £275,021
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 377048
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 12108
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 261661
- Expenditure Governance
- 13360
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 17806
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 135451
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £6,090,407
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5143989
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5143989
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £997,441
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £51,023
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £6,090,407
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 51023
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £890,508
- Funds Endowment
- 4048324
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 2042083
- Funds Total
- 6090407
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1781442
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 197785
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1979227
- Income Legacies
- 12181
- Income Endowments
- 1000000
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £75,751
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,351,355
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1427106
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 13225
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1349885
- Expenditure Governance
- 1470
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 19781
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 468677
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,747,531
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5020645
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5020645
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £824,722
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £97,836
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,747,531
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 97836
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £808,544
- Funds Endowment
- 1639001
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2322500
- Funds Restricted
- 1786030
- Funds Total
- 5747531
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 3 August 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 16232994
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 114398
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 16347392
- Income Legacies
- 21600
- Income Endowments
- 100000
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £87,659
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £15,261,885
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 15349544
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 19915
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 15260810
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 11931
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 363536
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,664,087
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4491099
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4491099
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £11,395,902
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £10,222,914
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,664,087
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 10222914
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £6,651,577
- Funds Endowment
- 1639001
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2766863
- Funds Restricted
- 1258223
- Funds Total
- 5664087
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- Friends of the Nations' Libraries
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1963-03-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION DATED 1932 AS AMENDED 1958, 1961, 1962, AND 14TH JULY 1977 as amended on 13 Dec 2019 as amended on 19 Jun 2024
- Charitable 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).
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 147547
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management