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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about Village Reading Room?
Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£19,315
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£38,276
Registered charity number
300243
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Chartridge
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
Village Reading Room (number 300243) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Village Reading Room do?
The physical and mental training, recreation and social moral and intellectual development through reading and recreation rooms library lectures classes recreations and entertainments or otherwise for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Village of Chartridge and its immediate vicinity without distinction of sex or political religious or other opinions.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Village Reading Room
Answers Village Reading Room gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record Village Reading Room as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Village Reading Room's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Also known as
Chartridge Village Hall
Where it says it operates
Buckinghamshire
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Village Reading Room registered for?
General Charitable Purposes
Why is there no Clarity Score for Village Reading Room yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Village Reading Room.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists Village Reading Room as a registered charity (number 300243) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Village Reading Room's charity number?
Village Reading Room's charity number is 300243. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 300243?
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What does Village Reading Room do?
The physical and mental training, recreation and social moral and intellectual development through reading and recreation rooms library lectures classes recreations and entertainments or otherwise for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Village of Chartridge and its immediate vicinity without distinction of sex or political religious or other opinions.
Does Village Reading Room have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Village Reading Room. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Village Reading Room?
Village Reading Room does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Village Reading Room?
The register does not record Village Reading Room as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Village Reading Room's trustees paid?
Village Reading Room's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Village Reading Room registered as a charity?
Village Reading Room was entered on the register on 30 August 1962.