THE COMMUNICARE TRUST (READING)

Registered charity 1078694 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNICARE

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Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND COUNSELLING TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE READING

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

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Latest income

£138k

Latest spending

£158k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £21,236 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £234,277. The trustees note that current assets support operations only through 2025-26, indicating a dependency on securing future funding or contract renewals to remain viable beyond that period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £234k)

“Our policy is to hold minimum reserves of 3 months expenditure which we are currently achieving.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Our current assets will allow us to be fully operational in 2025-26, without further funding but not beyond 2026-27.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One trustee paid £600 of unconditional donation to the charty in this financial year.

“One trustee paid £600 of unconditional donation to the charty in this financial year.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gary Lee Brookschair
ALISON BURFORD
ANDREW THORNTON TAYLOR
Donald Peter CHAMBERS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Rosemary Ann Croft
Helen Taylor
Yawan Benjamin Gauje

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£138k	£158k
31/03/2024	£166k	£149k
31/03/2023	£129k	£119k
31/03/2022	£108k	£100k
31/03/2021	£158k	£106k

Common questions

Is THE COMMUNICARE TRUST (READING) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £21,236 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £234,277. The trustees note that current assets support operations only through 2025-26, indicating a dependency on securing future funding or contract renewals to remain viable beyond that period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2026	£185k	Advice & Outreach

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EARLEY CHARITY	1	£172k
THEIRWORLD	1	£100k
THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK	1	£13k
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED	1	£6k
JEWISH CHILD'S DAY	1	£5k
CHASDEI MOISHE TRUST	1	£5k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON READING CENTRE.

THE LONDON READING CENTRE income £104k
READING VOLUNTARY ACTION income £723k
READING CENTRAL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £414k
READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £5.6m
Re:State Trust income £822k
READIBUS income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COMMUNICARE TRUST (READING)	£138k	—	0	above	—	noted
THE LONDON READING CENTRE FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
READING VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025	£723k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
READING CENTRAL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£414k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£5.6m	more than £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
Re:State Trust FY2024	£822k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.