READING BLUE COAT AND ARCHBISHOP LAUD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1159943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a day and/or boarding school in or near Reading. The award of scholarships, bursaries or maintenance allowances.The provision of items, services and facilities at three specified Schools in Reading.The provision of financial assistance to young men and women from Reading, Wokingham or Bray to support them in training for a trade or vocation or entering into marriage.

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Latest income

£199k

Latest spending

£183k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £5,495,435, comprising endowment, restricted, and unrestricted funds. The trustees report that the charity has adequate cash resources and no requirement for external funding, confirming a going concern basis. Reserves are managed to support bursary commitments, with a target reserve of approximately £5.1 million, of which £3.9 million is held in investment portfolios.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3.9m)

“Of the £5.1 million, £1.2 million represents the freehold land, with the remaining £3.9 million held in investment portfolios” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER MICHAEL BERTRAMchair
Alexandra West
Howard Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
MATTHEW WALKER · trustee of 2 other charities
Michael Swan
Peter Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Christopher Richard Jones · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Reading · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£199k	£183k
31/03/2024	£192k	£176k
31/03/2023	£183k	£174k
31/03/2022	£209k	£188k
31/03/2021	£208k	£158k

Common questions

Is READING BLUE COAT AND ARCHBISHOP LAUD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £5,495,435, comprising endowment, restricted, and unrestricted funds. The trustees report that the charity has adequate cash resources and no requirement for external funding, confirming a going concern basis. Reserves are managed to support bursary commitments, with a target reserve of approximately £5.1 million, of which £3.9 million is held in investment portfolios. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD	1	£66k
RAVENSIDE TRUST	1	£45k
THE BELLASIS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED.

THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED income £322k
THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £378k
THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUST income £107k
THE RECORD CHARITABLE TRUST income £208k
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD income £1.6m
GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL income £650k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
READING BLUE COAT AND ARCHBISHOP LAUD CHARITABLE TRUST	£199k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£322k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£378k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RECORD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£1.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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