THE READING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 294640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,648,699 at the year end, with total net assets of £4,886,699. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future, supported by sufficient liquid assets and minimal operational expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02025362

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.

• EVANS, Christopher Joseph, Dr — director, appointed 21/11/2024not on trustee list
• FALLON, Emma Sarah — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
• NNABUIFE, Dozie — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
• MURTHY, Menaka Shankar — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• MISTRY, Jaykumar Vijay — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• HUDSON, David Russell Deforest — director, appointed 26/11/2020on trustee list
• FOLLEN, Terence Colin — director, appointed 10/07/2019on trustee list
• HOLT, Edmund Suley — director, appointed 23/11/2017on trustee list
• TOMS, Claire — director, appointed 16/03/2017on trustee list
• FAULKNER, Mark Nicholas John — director, appointed 16/03/2017on trustee list
• PARSONS, Martin, Prof — director, appointed 18/11/2014on trustee list
• PHADNIS, Ameet Keshao — director, appointed 21/11/2013on trustee list
• CHILDS, Richard — director, appointed 14/07/2011on trustee list
• HUGGINS, Rodney Philip — director, appointed 01/11/2000on trustee list
• MOLE, Caroline Jayne — secretary, appointed 22/08/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~76.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD CHILDSchair
• Ameet Keshao Phadnis
• CLAIRE TOMS
• DAVID RUSSELL DEFOREST HUDSON
• Dozie Nnabuife
• EDMUND SULEY HOLT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Fallon
• Jaykumar Vijay Mistry
• MARK NICHOLAS JOHN FAULKNER
• Menaka Shankar Murthy
• Prof MARTIN PARSONS
• RODNEY PHILIP HUGGINS · trustee of 2 other charities
• TERENCE COLIN FOLLEN

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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• THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD income £175k
• THE LATIF FOUNDATION income £207k
• MW (GK) FOUNDATION income £261k
• THE FOCUS FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• Culture& Arts and Heritage income £523k
• Rothesay Foundation income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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