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Registered charity · Berkshire

Reading Refocus

Reading Refocus is a registered charity (number 1048962) based in Berkshire, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Mary Genis since 2010. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Refocus (Charity Commission)

  • 2 trustees
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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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham
Website
www.readingrefocus.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
Earlier years
  • 2022--
  • 2021--

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2019: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF OFFENDING, AND THE PARTNERS AND DEPENDANTS OF THOSE GROUPS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMIT TO THE FOREGOING, THOSE FROM MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS (THE BENEFICIARIES)2) TO PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BENEFICIARIES TO GAIN ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT3) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO BENEFICIARIES

Grants received

3 grants · £35,208 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £35,208 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9832018-08-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002016-04-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,2252006-12-20
Board analysis

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.

2 trustees on the board

16y median 16y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Arts and leisure 3Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1048962
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 JUNE 1995 AS AMENDED 20 NOVEMBER 2001
Contact on the register
07877242677 · info@readingrefocus.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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