Reading and Recreation Room

Analysis

Reading and Recreation Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penrith. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Reading and Recreation Room reported income of £20k and spending of £13k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £20k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Reading and Recreation Room sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maldon & District Unit 618 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£20k), Asthall Leigh Memorial Hall (£20k) and Rowsley Village Hall (£20k).