The James Reckitt Library Endowment

Analysis

The James Reckitt Library Endowment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The James Reckitt Library Endowment reported income of £506k and spending of £613k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £320k to £506k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The James Reckitt Library Endowment sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sherborne School Foundation (£506k), Oxford Conservation Consortium (£506k) and L a G Education and Service Trust Limited (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £407k. Reserves of £814k would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate.