The Branston Reading Rooms and Mechanics Institute (Known Locally As Branston Parish Room)

Analysis

The Branston Reading Rooms and Mechanics Institute (Known Locally As Branston Parish Room) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffs. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Branston Reading Rooms and Mechanics Institute (Known Locally As Branston Parish Room) reported income of £23k and spending of £20k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £23k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Branston Reading Rooms and Mechanics Institute (Known Locally As Branston Parish Room) sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hope for Africa Missions (£23k), The South Park Community Trust (£23k) and Miss E M Hitchcock (£23k).