Shipton Reading Room

Analysis

Shipton Reading Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shipton Reading Room reported income of £18k and spending of £13k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £385k to £18k (-95%), an average of -53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shipton Reading Room sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollington Community Centre (£18k), Soberton Village Hall (£18k) and 1st Lostock Gralam Scout Group (£18k).