READING GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1159954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF GOSPEL HALLS FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF CHRISTIANS KNOWN AS BRETHREN. DETAILS OF THE ORIGINS, TEACHINGS AND WAY OF LIFE OF THE BRETHREN CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE WWW.PLYMOUTHBRETHRENCHRISTIANCHURCH.ORG

Objects

A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE "PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (THE "BRETHREN") WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THE SAID DEED OF VARIATION DATED 28 FEBRUARY 2014 AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THAT DEED; AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bracknell Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £285,450 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £1,076,607. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid staff or trustee remuneration.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Riverside Accountancy Lancaster Limited. Discloses 3 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.

• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~201.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles White
• Evan Lindsell
• HOWARD TENNENT
• RICHARD JAMES HEARN

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SARUM HILL GOSPEL HALL TRUST.

• SARUM HILL GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £483k
• THE MOWBRAY GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £745k
• MAIDSTONE GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £183k
• DERWENT VALLEY GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £169k
• THE ALBACORE GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £64k
• FROME VALLEY GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £561k

Side by side with its peers

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