HOPE INTO ACTION: READING
Registered charity 1175092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIAR
HIAR exists to alleviate homelessness and poverty
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £6,038 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding income. However, the trustees consider the charity a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves of £33,048 are maintained at approximately three months of budgeted overheads.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Rental Income (77% of income)
“Rental Income 88,260”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of charitable expenditure (held: £33k)
“Our reserves policy is to hold at least 3 months’ worth, but no more than 6 months’ worth, of charitable expenditure in reserve” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Franchise fee paid to Hope into Action UK
“HIA Franchise Fee 1,500”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Personal security breach report submitted to ICO
“A personal security breach report was submitted to the ICO in July 2024 following the theft of a work laptop and notebook.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hope into Action Reading (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.
- GAMA, Joubert Gratia, Dr — director, appointed 16/09/2025on trustee list
- LANGSHAW, Susan Mary — director, appointed 25/06/2019on trustee list
- RALPH, Susan Rosalind — director, appointed 30/09/2018on trustee list
- CROFT, Richard Paul — director, appointed 10/12/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
- Dr RICHARD PAUL CROFTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Joubert Gratia Gama
- Mary Langshaw
- Susan Rosalind Ralph
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOPE INTO ACTION: READING financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £6,038 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding income. However, the trustees consider the charity a going concern, noting that unrestricted reserves of £33,048 are maintained at approximately three months of budgeted overheads. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOPE INTO ACTION: READING?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPE INTO ACTION: READING as a grant recipient include MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED, THE EARLEY CHARITY, PAYNE GALLWEY 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST.
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