AGE CONCERN READING

Registered charity 1103557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACR, AGE CONCERN READING TRADING AS AGE UK READING, AGE UK READING

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Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN A MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND READING (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT")

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £6,222 for the year, with total income of £294,532 against expenditure of £288,310. Unrestricted reserves stood at £85,157, which the trustees note is below their policy target of 12 months' expenditure, representing only 4 months' coverage. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN WILKINSONchair
• Bikal Shrestha
• Eleanor Riches
• Joanne Maree Wedlock
• Kay Bews

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Oxfordshire · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN WOLVERHAMPTON.

• AGE CONCERN WOLVERHAMPTON income £341k
• AGE CONNECTED income £177k
• AGE CONCERN ULVERSTON AND DISTRICT income £24k
• AGE CONCERN WIRRAL income £4.1m
• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN HAYLING ISLAND income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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