Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for a Library

Analysis

Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for a Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reigate. It was registered in November 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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, Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for a Library reported income of £16k and spending of £2,332, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,092 to £16k (+418%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 301%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Charity of the Reverend Andrew Cranston for a Library sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Besses Boys' Band (£16k), The British Society for the History of Mathematics (£16k) and Farthinghoe Village Hall (£16k).