READING CIVIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 263959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To examine planning proposals for their suitability of design and impact on the surrounding environment, encouraging good new design. We make submissions to the Council Planning Committee, speaking at these and Planning Inspector Enquiries. We provide education to members by arranging visits to new developments and societies in other towns. We hold annual party at which we present on new issue.

Objects

(A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: COUNTY BOROUGH OF READING

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

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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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 24/11/2023, 24 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD BENNETTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• AMANDA MARTIN
• Clare Platts
• Penny Kemp · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD STAINTHORP · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen John Snook
• Terry Dixon

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

Operates in: Reading

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