# THE READING ROOMS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 301252
- **Other names:** BILLERICAY RECREATION ROOMS, THE READING ROOMS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 16, 1966
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=301252


## Contact

- **Address:** 73 High Street, BILLERICAY, Essex
- **Postcode:** CM12 9AS
- **Phone:** 07917076490
- **Email:** bookings@thereadingrooms.org
- **Website:** www.thereadingrooms.org



## Activities

**Objects:** VILLAGE HALL

**Activities:** Management of The Reading Rooms, a community hall and conference room facility in High Street, Billericay, Essex. The Rooms are hired out to local charitable, non-profit, and commercial organisations, and to private citizens.

**Area of benefit:** BILLERICAY AND BURSTEAD ELECTORAL WARDS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £19579 | £19437 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £17576 | £11754 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £13647 | £17857 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £15047 | £18069 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £22077 | £8390 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Heather Stuart** (Chair) — appointed July 31, 2023
- Askin Ozerin — appointed Jan. 29, 2024
- BRINSLIE CHRISTOPHER MCPHERSON
- KEVIN PAUL REILLY
- LESLIE SHEPPARD — appointed Aug. 15, 2017
- Michael Yates — appointed May 18, 2021
- Pamela Anne Longden — appointed Nov. 25, 2025
- Simon Mills — appointed March 27, 2023