TORCH HELP HUB

Registered charity 1131576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as READING CHRISTIAN NETWORK, Transform Reading

Torch Help Hub (Torch) utilises volunteers from local churches to provide a helping hand to those who otherwise cannot get help and tend to fall through the gaps of existing support or provision. We offer a wide range of free personal and practical help, as well as a Parish Nursing service plus signposting to organisations that we partner with, as we seek to love our neighbours as Jesus commands.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£73k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of approximately £3,000 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total net assets standing at £45,002. The trustees note that the charity is reliant on donations and grants, and while unrestricted reserves were sufficient to cover five months of operating expenses, the Parish Nursing service operated at a loss of about £16,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months’ cover of running costs, equivalent to approximately £11,000 (held: £18k)

“The trustees have considered the minimum reserves appropriate to the level of activity of the charity to be two months’ cover of running costs, equivalent to approximately £11,000” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Jonathan Salmonchair
Daniel Dwelly
David Kenneth Horne · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£73k	£70k
31/12/2024	£40k	£29k
31/12/2023	£20k	£96k
31/12/2022	£117k	£126k
31/12/2021	£82k	£76k

Common questions

Is TORCH HELP HUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of approximately £3,000 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total net assets standing at £45,002. The trustees note that the charity is reliant on donations and grants, and while unrestricted reserves were sufficient to cover five months of operating expenses, the Parish Nursing service operated at a loss of about £16,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TORCH HELP HUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TORCH HELP HUB as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, READING FAMILY CHURCH, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREYFRIARS READING.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	FY2025	£10k	Grants
READING FAMILY CHURCH	FY2025	£7k	Grant funding of activities
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREYFRIARS READING	FY2024	£3k	General Grants
READING FAMILY CHURCH	FY2022	£2k	Grants for UK and overseas mission
READING FAMILY CHURCH	FY2023	£1k
READING FAMILY CHURCH	FY2024	£1k