READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST
Registered charity 1125817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The charity's objects are to assist in advancing education, promoting community participation in healthy recreation to provide facilities for recreation, the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life for those whom the facilities are provided and to preserve and protect health and to promote any other purpose which is charitable according to English law.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £94,300 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £2,422,757. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £745,272, which the trustees consider marginally above their target of three months' core operating expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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
Reserves policy: three months of core operating expenditure (held: £745k)
“The Trustees have agreed that the Trust should aim to maintain cash reserves equivalent to approximately three months of core operating expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Transactions with sole member
“During the year, the charity received funds of £74,491 and made purchases of £8,600 from the sole member, The Reading Football Club Limited.” — page 30
“During the year, the charity received income of £975 from entities in which certain trustees are directors.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee-connected income
“During the year, the charity received funds of £74,491 and made purchases of £8,600 from the sole member, The Reading Football Club Limited.” — page 30
“During the year, the charity received income of £975 from entities in which certain trustees are directors.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reading FC Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- CARDER, Keith — director, appointed 20/03/2026on trustee list
- PRICE, Fiona — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
- EVANS, Jackie — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
- TOW, Andy — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
- BATTH, Parvindar Singh — director, appointed 01/10/2020on trustee list
- HALL, Diane — director, appointed 08/06/2018not on trustee list
- COUPE, Neil Anthony — director, appointed 14/08/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£65k
Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andy Tow · trustee of 1 other charity
- Diane Hall Chair
- Fiona Price
- Jackie Evans
- Joe Jacobson
- Keith Carder
- Neil Coupe Mr
- Parvindar Batth
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £94,300 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £2,422,757. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £745,272, which the trustees consider marginally above their target of three months' core operating expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.
Who funds READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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