Barnwood Reading Room CIO

Analysis

Barnwood Reading Room CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in February 2021, 5 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, Barnwood Reading Room CIO reported income of £16k and spending of £12k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6 to £16k (+271300%), an average of +622% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 160367%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barnwood Reading Room CIO sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% 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 Berrick and Roke Village Hall CIO (£16k), The Friends of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (£16k) and Sant Baba Bhag Singh Memorial Charitable Society (£16k).