Newick Reading Room

Analysis

Newick Reading Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Newick Reading Room reported income of £11k and spending of £8,289, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £45k to £11k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Newick Reading 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cressing Temple Community Shed (£11k), Bradeley Community Centre Limited (£11k) and 33rd Wallasey Sea Scout Group (£11k).