Dummer Reading Room (Known Locally As Dummer Village Hall)

Analysis

Dummer Reading Room (Known Locally As Dummer Village Hall) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Dummer Reading Room (Known Locally As Dummer Village Hall) reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £22k to £11k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Dummer Reading Room (Known Locally As Dummer Village Hall) sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% 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 3rd Tewkesbury Scout Group (£11k), Highdown Tower Garden and Pleasure Ground (£11k) and St Michaels Betws-Y-Coed Trust (£11k).