Weston Colville Reading Room

Analysis

Weston Colville Reading Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Weston Colville Reading Room reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £19k to £15k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Weston Colville Reading Room sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Easterton Village Hall (£15k), 39th South West Cheshire Scout Group (£15k) and Knutsford Old Folks Club (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.