Kingston Reading Room

Registered charity 300882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as READING ROOM

Management of Village Hall

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE READING ROOM OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL, MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, LECTURES, CLASSES, RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE FOUND EXPEDIENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF KINGSTON, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF KINGSTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £32,906 against total payments of £38,627, resulting in a net deficit. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,920 in its General Fund, which the trustees state is sufficient to cover six months of estimated net running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Coleman-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Russell
• Carolyn Mary Beard
• Guy Richard John Walker
• Jennifer May Kinder
• Juliet Manners
• Roscoe Fawcett
• Sarah Banham
• TINA ALETTA MEARS
• Terence Patrick Wright

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).