THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING ABBEY TRUST FUND

Registered charity 900389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROTARY CLUB OF READING ABBEY

Donations to individuals and local charities - occasionally to national charities. Service in the community. Specific assistance to overseas projects (Third World).

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY OR TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE INSTITUTION SOCIETY OR OBJECT AS THE CLUB IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

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: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£23k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the period with net assets of £15,367, representing a surplus of £4,055 for the year. The trustees confirm that sufficient liquidity exists to meet liabilities for the next 12 months, and the going concern basis remains appropriate. Reserves are held to bridge gaps between income and spending, with a stated ideal minimum of £2,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £2000 (reserves figure: £15k)
“The trustees believe that the ideal level of reserves would be no less than £2000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 21
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 19
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 30/06/2023 (received 21/07/2024, 82 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£27k£23k
30/06/2024£26k£23k
30/06/2023£27k£29k
30/06/2022£35k£36k
30/06/2021£17k£15k

Common questions

Is THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING ABBEY TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the period with net assets of £15,367, representing a surplus of £4,055 for the year. The trustees confirm that sufficient liquidity exists to meet liabilities for the next 12 months, and the going concern basis remains appropriate. Reserves are held to bridge gaps between income and spending, with a stated ideal minimum of £2,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING ABBEY TRUST FUND£27k—0above—no doubt
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BANBURY TRUST FUND FY2026£55k——unclear—no doubt
THE ROTARY CLUB OF ASHBOURNE TRUST FUND FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF ASHTEAD TRUST FUND FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF RAMSBOTTOM TRUST FUND FY2025£26k——unclear—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF RUGBY BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt

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