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Top 19 Community libraries based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 73 community libraries headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 854 professional contacts across them, including 313 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers community libraries headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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73Companies
854Contacts tracked
313Verified emails
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The 19 largest community libraries based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 73 community libraries based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to community libraries: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000185 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Inspire is a Community Benefit Society which delivers a great range of cultural, library and learning services across Nottinghamshire and beyond.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Strong evidenceExeter, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50091 contacts →

Strong evidence

Libraries Unlimited believes in the unlimited potential of library services to make a positive difference to people’s lives and communities through a shared love of reading and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceChester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50081 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Storyhouse is a multi award winning library, theatre, cinema, restaurant, community and creative hub.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bishopsgate Institute was "erected for the benefit of the public" in 1894, with the motto "I never stop learning".”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceYork, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Explore is a leading, innovative public service mutual based in York.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceKingswood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our charity makes it easier for all in Bristol to borrow the things they need to live their lives through our Library of Things - things such as tools for projects around the home…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Based in St Werburghs in East-Central Bristol, we serve the local communities of Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill wards and communities of interest across the city.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Edinburgh Tool Library (ETL) exists to support the local community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Lit & Phil is Newcastle’s exquisite independent library, open to all and free to explore and browse.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We bring your library to more people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Carnegie Library Hub is an outstanding heritage building right in the middle between Brixton, Loughborough Junction, Camberwell, Dulwich & Herne Hill that serves the local…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMotherwell, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-2004 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Public Library Service in North Lanarkshire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceAylesbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We've been operating as a local independent charity since 2012 and we are located right at the heart of the village of Haddenham.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidencePlymouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Borrow Don’t Buy Plymouth's Library of Things.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Levenshulme Old Library is a libraries company based out of Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme, Manchester, United Kingdom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidencePort Talbot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We're the charity that has been running Taibach's library entirely on a voluntary basis since May 2014 to keep the doors open for the local community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Friends of Ecclesfield Library CIO is a non-profit voluntary organisation registered in England and Wales by the Charities Commission under registration number 1158802.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Library, community hub and event space, run by and for the community of Fallowfield and beyond.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Community libraries based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
36.7%Verified-email coverage
11.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
21.9%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
42
11-50
11
51-200
7
201-500
5
501-1,000
4

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 73 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among community libraries, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “community libraries”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names community libraries), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among community libraries, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 313 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names community libraries, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many community libraries are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 73 community libraries headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Inspire Culture, Learning And Libraries, headquartered in Nottingham, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most community libraries?

London leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Chester (2) and Gateshead (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 313 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 73 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.