TRUST HOUSE READING

Registered charity 1174926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as READING AND BERKSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE

Counselling for adults, Helpline, Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA), Children's Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (CHISVA), Play Therapy and counselling for children and young people, Support Groups, Drop Ins, email support, Website.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE AREAOF READING AND BERKSHIRE:3.1 TO RELIEVE THE TRAUMA, WHETHER PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL, OF PERSONSAND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR OTHERWISE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF RAPE,OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF ANY KIND BY PROVIDINGSUPPORT, HELP OR ASSISTANCE OF ANY KIND; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE ORSEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND / OR ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ON WOMEN, MEN ANDCHILDREN BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.

Area of benefit: IN THE AREA OF READING AND BERKSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £41,671 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted fund balances increasing to £280,778. The trustees consider an appropriate level of free reserves to be approximately £304,000, representing six months of normal expenditure. Consequently, the current unrestricted reserves are below the stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Trust House Reading (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dolena Orr
• Donal Carmody · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kehinde Olugboji
• Ronal Karia
• Sharon Margaret Belshaw

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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