THE READING SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORK TRUST

Registered charity 1084101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARN4LIFE, REACH SCHOOLS READING

Visiting Secondary Schools in the Reading area, taking assemblies, PSHE lessons, support CUs, running After School Clubs etc.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN SCHOOLS IN READING AND SURROUNDING AREA.B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THE SAID AREA.

Area of benefit: IN SCHOOLS IN READING AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £9,317 to £31,319, resulting in a net positive movement of £22,002 for the year. The charity reports no creditors or accruals at the year-end, holding all assets as cash at bank. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• churches in Reading — “We are funded through generous supporters from churches in Reading.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Stuart Jarvischair
• Janet Shury
• John Agboola Omole
• Mark Geoffrey Cocker
• Mr M Gomm · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mr P Cowling
• Mrs E Munday

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Reading · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST LOVE MINISTRIES.

• CHRIST LOVE MINISTRIES income £81k
• SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER PROJECT income £28k
• READING CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £160k
• THE READING FOUNDATION income £517k
• BRINGING GOOD NEWS income £301k
• THE CHRISTADELPHIAN AUXILIARY LECTURING SOCIETY income £201k

Side by side with its peers

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