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Eaton Bray Reading Room and Coffee Tavern

RegisteredRegistered charity number 200253BedfordshireOther charitable purposes
Income£14k2025-03-31
Spending£19ksame year
Spent / received108%5-year average
Size in its cause51st pctOther charitable purposes
Registered1961Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Eaton Bray Reading Room and Coffee Tavern is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in July 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eaton Bray Reading Room and Coffee Tavern reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £14k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Eaton Bray Reading Room and Coffee Tavern sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allhallows Village Hall (£14k), Glemsford Village Hall (£14k) and Llanegryn Village Hall (£14k).

Income and spending

£0£6,570£13k£20k£26k2021 Income: £11,8212021 Spending: £7,24320212022 Income: £12,0392022 Spending: £6,06820222023 Income: £13,8252023 Spending: £26,28020232024 Income: £14,2852024 Spending: £13,05320242025 Income: £14,2992025 Spending: £18,5922025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

to provide meeting rooms for the benefit of parishoners

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