01 Registration
Identity and public record
- 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
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
- 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
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