The West London Revival Bookshop

Analysis

The West London Revival Bookshop is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The West London Revival Bookshop reported income of £54k and spending of £30k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £37k to £54k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The West London Revival Bookshop sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fursa Trust (£54k), Simplegifts: Unitarian Centre for Social Action (£54k) and Glorious Church of Jesus Christ (£54k).