Mary Esther Hollway Memorial Reading Room

Analysis

Mary Esther Hollway Memorial Reading Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in King's Lynn. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mary Esther Hollway Memorial Reading Room reported income of £28k and spending of £14k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,290 to £28k (+345%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Mary Esther Hollway Memorial Reading Room sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Callington Bowling Club (£28k), Battersea Scout Centre (£28k) and The Geoffrey Burton Charitable Trust (£28k).