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Registered charity · Reading

The William Payne Benefaction

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Reading
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£3k
  • 2024£2k£3k
  • 2023£2k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£0
  • 2021£2k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) PROVISION OF BENEFITS AT THE SCHOOL FOR WHICH PROVISION IS NOT MADE FROM PUBLIC FUNDS, AS MAY BE AGREED BETWEEN THE MANAGING TRUSTEES AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE SCHOOL; 2) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL; 3) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PARISHES OF READING ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND ST STEPHEN

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.

5 trustees on the board

9.2y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 5Religious Activities 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£2k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1058080
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 18 OCTOBER 1995
Contact on the register
01189580517 · office@stjohnandststephen.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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