Bassenthwaite Parish Room

Analysis

Bassenthwaite Parish Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in August 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bassenthwaite Parish Room reported income of £23k and spending of £24k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £23k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bassenthwaite Parish Room sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association of Friends of Zetland Court (£23k), Lodge Farm Charity (£23k) and Unity Centre of South London (£23k).