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Citizens Advice Reading

Provide advice and support, and promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress; and in carrying out its objects and in...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £957k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Reading
Website
www.citizensadvicereading.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Citizens Advice Reading
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£957k£919k
  • 2024£859k£860k
  • 2023£770k£764k
Earlier years
  • 2022£574k£540k
  • 2021£668k£659k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

Provide advice and support, and promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress; and in carrying out its objects and in all aspects of its work, the Charity is committed to promoting diversity, equity, equality and inclusion, to preventing prejudice and discrimination, to ensuring equal access and to promoting good relations between all sections of the community; in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in Reading and surrounding areas.

Grants received

9 grants · £1,507,854 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Henry Smith Foundation £8,2302025-03-11
  • Henry Smith Foundation £209,8002024-09-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £496,7332023-12-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-06-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-02-18
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Disability 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 9Business services 1Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£957k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.7 in 2021

33 from 25 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1042542
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 SEPTEMBER 1994 as amended on 28 Nov 2018 as amended on 21 Feb 2022 as amended on 26 Nov 2024
Companies House
Company number 02967121 · Active
Contact on the register
01189523060 · advice@citizensadvicereading.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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