Great Yeldham Reading Room

Analysis

Great Yeldham Reading Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halstead. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Great Yeldham Reading Room reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,920 to £16k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 241%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Great Yeldham Reading Room sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Skye Full of Stars (£16k), March Lions Club (£16k) and 1st Culverstone and Vigo Scout Group (£16k).