Tarring Reading Room Trust

Analysis

Tarring Reading Room Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tarring Reading Room Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £14k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £24k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Tarring Reading Room Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gresham School Association (£24k), Corpus Christi Catholic School Parents' Association (£24k) and Mediation and Community Support Ltd (£24k).