THE LEEDS LIBRARY

Company number 05577905 ·

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
2005-09-29
Registered office
The Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6AL
Postcode
LS1 6AL
Accounts category
Small
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-30
Next due by
2027-07-14
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 91011 Library activities

Officers 12 current · 62 resigned

Ian William SHAW Director
Appointed 2024-06-29
Adrian COLTMAN Director
Appointed 2024-06-29
Appointed 2023-06-24
Rebecca HOY Director
Director Appointed 2022-02-07
Company Director/ Heritage Design Consultant Appointed 2021-11-10

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Registered charity

THE LEEDS LIBRARY — charity number 1114386

Registered 2006-05-27 Income £735,018 Spending £815,344 FY to 2025-12-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
theleedslibrary.com
Phone
01132453071

Founded in 1768 as a proprietary subscription library and is now the oldest surviving example of this sort of library in the British Isles.

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 30 similar companies in LS — measured against the wider sector, trading since 2005

The class of 2005

34%

of the 154,486 companies incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Freehold
2
Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2022-03-30
Price paid, where recorded
£1,440,000
Where
West Yorkshire (3)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
WYK563632 West Yorkshire Freehold 2022-03-30 £1,440,000
WYK704476 West Yorkshire Leasehold 2008-07-03
WYK704478 West Yorkshire Freehold 2008-07-03

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).

Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.