Holbeach Reading Room

Analysis

Holbeach Reading Room is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Spalding. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holbeach Reading Room reported income of £19k and spending of £10k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,540 to £19k (+238%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Holbeach Reading Room sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charlie's Star (£19k), Friends of Teston Church (£19k) and The Service Office of Families Anonymous (UK, Eire and Gibraltar) Limited (£19k).