READING KOREAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1180512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(a) preaching, teaching and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and engaging in evangelism and missionary activities;(b) providing and supporting the instruction of Church members and the public in the Christian faith(c) providing pastoral care and support to those attending the Church and giving spiritual andpractical help to such persons and to members of the public

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLES OF FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE KOREAN COMMUNITY AND ASSOCIATED PERSONS IN READING AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH OF THE KOREAN COMMUNITY AND ASSOCIATED PERSONS IN READING AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE SICK OR IN NEED AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN READING AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN READING AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

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

Latest income

£17k

Latest spending

£17k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £4,388 for the year, with total expenditure of £18,371 against general fund income of £22,759. The trustees confirmed there are no substantial risks beyond the liabilities disclosed in the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 31/08/2026, 304 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 21/03/2026, 506 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 25/03/2024, 146 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 02/02/2023, 94 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DUNCAN FINCH
Shinkoo Cho
Simon Hill · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Reading · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£17k	£17k
31/12/2024	£23k	£18k
31/12/2023	£31k	£32k
31/12/2022	£29k	£27k
31/12/2021	£26k	£25k

Common questions

Is READING KOREAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £4,388 for the year, with total expenditure of £18,371 against general fund income of £22,759. The trustees confirmed there are no substantial risks beyond the liabilities disclosed in the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KOREAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

KOREAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £74k
KOREAN EALING CHURCH income £232k
OXFORD KOREAN CHURCH income £65k
LONDON ALL NATIONS KOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH income £45k
READING FAMILY CHURCH income £1.5m
CORNER STONE (KOREAN) CHURCH income £49k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
READING KOREAN CHURCH	£17k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KOREAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KOREAN EALING CHURCH FY2025	£232k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD KOREAN CHURCH FY2025	£65k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON ALL NATIONS KOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
READING FAMILY CHURCH FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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