CCNI Northern Ireland charity profile

Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge (Linen Hall Library)

Also known as Linen Hall Library

Received: on timeCharity number 104564
Registered22 April 2016
Latest income£1,181,234
Financial year end31 December 2025

01 Registration

Identity and public record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Official name
Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge (Linen Hall Library)
CCNI number
104564
Reporting status
Received: on time
Governing document
Constitution
Public address
Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, BT1 5GB

02 Charity activity

Purposes and classifications

CCNI

Charitable purposes

And whereas the Society was originally established for the collection of an extensive library, philosophical apparatus, and such productions of nature and art as tend to improve the mind, and to excite a spirit of general inquiry, and has acquired a valuable collection of books and other things, which have hitherto been preserved in the buildings and premises aforesaid; and the Society has, by the means aforesaid and otherwise, promoted education in Belfast and its neighbourhood; and the present object of the Society is to promote knowledge by the maintenance of a library, and by such other means as the Society shall from time to time deem it advisable to adopt.

What the charity does

The advancement of education,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

Children (5-13 year olds),General public,Interface communities,Language community,Men,Mental health,Older people,Sexual orientation,Specific areas of deprivation,Voluntary and community sector,Volunteers,Women,Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

Arts,Cultural,Education/training,General charitable purposes,Heritage/historical,Volunteer development

03 Latest finances

Income, spending and resources

Period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Total income
£1,181,234
Previous total income
£0
Donations and legacies
£911,613
Charitable activities income
£0
Trading income
£124,167
Investment income
£15,728
Other income
£129,726
Total income and endowments
£1,181,234
Total spending
£1,286,598
Raising funds expenditure
£0
Charitable activities expenditure
£1,226,571
Governance expenditure
£26,546
Other expenditure
£2,000
Total expenditure
£1,286,598
Total fixed assets
£6,512,215
Net assets and liabilities
£336,524
Employees / volunteers
19 / 34
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These are reported values from the CCNI register export. Zero and missing values are reproduced as supplied and should be checked against the charity’s filed accounts before a material decision.

04 Provenance

Source and matching