# Lambeth Palace Library Development Trust and Friends CIO

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1214015 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1214015)
- Website: https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambeth-palace-library/friends-of-lambeth-palace-library/
- What it funds: Education / training, Religious activities
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Lambeth
- Other names: The Friends of Lambeth Palace Library (working)
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/lambeth-palace-library-development-trust-and-friends

The charity gives grants to Lambeth Palace Library to support the Library in: the acquisition of printed books, manuscripts and other items appropriate for the Library; the conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the collections; scholarship and research; exhibitions, education and public engagement; and fundraising.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> 3.1 the object of the CIO is to advance the education of the public by the promotion, support, assistance and improvement of Lambeth Palace Library ("the Library"), in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, by:3.1.1 supporting the work of the Library as the main special public Library and archive for material on the history and affairs of the church of England and as an institution of scholarly distinction and intellectual integrity; and3.1.2 providing grants to support the Library in: the acquisition of printed books, manuscripts and other items appropriate for the Library; the conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the collection; scholarship and research; exhibitions, education and public engagement, promoting the work of the Library and fundraising; and to help the Library in any other suitable way.

## What it funds

Lambeth Palace Library Development Trust and Friends CIO is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and religious activities for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Lambeth.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Lambeth Palace Library Development Trust and Friends CIO in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (lambethpalacelibrary.info) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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