WORLD EDUCATION BERKSHIRE

Registered charity 293799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as READING INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CENTRE, RISC

RISC is a Development Education Centre. We work with schools and community groups to raise the profile of global issues and promote action for sustainable development, human rights and social justice.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the financial year with a deficit of £14,555 and forecasts a further deficit for the upcoming year due to challenges in securing grant income. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £157,740, which are sufficient to absorb the projected shortfall without impacting core activities. The trustees are actively seeking to improve income streams and manage costs to ensure long-term sustainability.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (59% 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: 41.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hammad Kazi
• Karen Peters
• Malla Hovi
• Obiageli Ngozi Onyekpe
• SHAHEEN RASHID
• Summreen Sheikh

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).