Connect Reading
Registered charity 1113150 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RBCP, READING BUSINESS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Connect Reading connects organisations across communities & sectors to benefit Greater Reading. Members share resources & expertise toreduce poverty, inequality & unemploymentadvance educationimprove health & wellbeingpreserve the environment &reduce the impacts of climate change.How? By engaging companies, charities, education & public sector to catalyse collaboration & innovation.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £26,149, having generated a net income of £25,870. The trustees report that monthly outgoings were reduced by shifting to remote working and using contractors, which has provided more stability for the following year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Governance: Preparation of the previous year’s accounts was delayed due to the Treasurer's availability.
“Preparation of the previous year’s accounts was delayed due to this. The Treasurer handed in their notice (effective immediately) on 31st January.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HINDS, Danielle — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
- LE GRAND, Jaclyn Nicole Nicole — director, appointed 31/01/2025not on trustee list
- MACLAREN, Cecilia Linnea — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
- VEGA, Rodrigo Perez — director, appointed 18/07/2022on trustee list
- PICKFORD, John Charles — director, appointed 05/02/2021on trustee list
Official officers record.
- Danielle Hindschair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Cecilia Maclaren
- Jaclyn Nicole Le Grand
- John Charles Pickford
- Raimonda Richardson
- Rodrigo Perez Vega
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Connect Reading financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £26,149, having generated a net income of £25,870. The trustees report that monthly outgoings were reduced by shifting to remote working and using contractors, which has provided more stability for the following year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Connect Reading?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Connect Reading as a grant recipient include THE EARLEY CHARITY.
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