The Sunninghill Reading Rooms

Analysis

The Sunninghill Reading Rooms is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sunninghill Reading Rooms reported income of £20k and spending of £17k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £20k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Sunninghill Reading Rooms sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suffolk Sinfonia (£20k), Whitkirk Arts Guild (£20k) and Eastrington Agricultural Society (£20k).