THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM
Registered charity 1201916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £42,657 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £658,992 derived entirely from fundraising. Per the trustees' report, the charity held approximately 8 months of free reserves, which exceeds its stated policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenditure (held: £308k)
“We set an ideal reserves policy of three to six months of operating expenditure to ensure that we can continue to meet our obligations regarding staffing and core costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Amanda Felicity MacKenzie LVO, OBEchair
- Aatif Naveed Hassan · trustee of 1 other charity
- Amanda Madeleine MacManus CVO
- Gyles Brandreth
- Sir Michael Stevens
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Australia · Canada · India · New Zealand · Throughout England And Wales · United States
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £42,657 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £658,992 derived entirely from fundraising. Per the trustees' report, the charity held approximately 8 months of free reserves, which exceeds its stated policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST, THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION, THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.
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