01/06/2026
📊 Where Your Support Goes: Our Annual Financial Update
As a charity-run community library, transparency is everything to us. We want to share a quick breakdown of our finances for the year ending May 2025, so you can see exactly how your incredible support keeps our doors open and our community thriving! 💙
📥 Where Our Income Came From:
Every penny raised goes right back into serving Taibach. This past year, our total income of £22,450 came from:
Grants: £17,621 (With huge thanks to NPTCBC, Cae Garw Solar Farm, and Margam Community Benefit Fund!)
Library Clubs: £2,687 (Raised directly by our wonderful club members)
Other Donations: £2,142 (From book sales, photocopying, and your generous individual donations)
📤 Where Your Money Was Spent:
Running a community hub takes a lot of resources. Our total expenditures of £23,630 were invested in:
Improving the Library: £13,226 (Refurbishing our children’s area and replacing our public computers)
Utility Bills: £6,009 (Covering essential gas and electricity to keep the building running)
Warm Space Project: £4,395 (Funding our dedicated project to give everyone a safe, cozy place to gather)
✨ The Impact of Your Support
Because of your generosity, grants, and club memberships, we successfully:
☀️ Kept the library warm, safe, and open all year round.
🧸 Created an amazing new children’s area for our young readers.
💻 Provided brand-new computers and updated technology for everyone to use.
🙏 Thank You!
We are so grateful to every single person who donates, joins a club, buys a book, or volunteers. As you can see from the numbers, every little bit truly counts to keep us going.
If you'd like to support our charity so we can continue making an impact through 2026 and beyond, please consider visiting www.taibachlibrary.org.uk/donate to make a donation today!
