Whittlebury Reading Room and Playing Field

Analysis

Whittlebury Reading Room and Playing Field is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whittlebury Reading Room and Playing Field reported income of £43k and spending of £37k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,916 to £43k (+1378%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 870%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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, Whittlebury Reading Room and Playing Field sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mansfield and District Male Voice Choir (£43k), Stoke Hill Community Association (£43k) and The Truro Choral Society (The Truro Singers) (£43k).